Williams from Toledo Scott or Robinson from Maumee, two of the greatest coaches in Northwest Ohio history, aside from being the two most passionate and motivating men on the court.

You might enjoy these links:

http://www.ohiobkcoaches.com/HallofF...halisting.html

http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/records/bbkrecrd.htm
(Coaching records are toward the bottom.)

The ones with the best players

Mike Riley: Vanlue, Bellefontaine, Louisville, Elyria, and Canton McKinley, with stops in between at Southern Illinois U. and St Louis U. Best record in history of three of those high schools, and broke the "McKinley Jinx" in '84, leading the "Dogs" to first ever title, after 20+ empty trips to the dance. Retired now, but looking for small school job, just to put on the whistle, and teach the game again. Some coaches can never get it out of their system, and he's one of them. Anybody out there looking to turn their program around? Coach Riley's your man.

[juiceman025]

Mike Mueller of Lakota West

Charlie Huggins by far.
Steve Smith was very good one too AND the most entertaining!!!
Ken Newlon at Canton Lincoln

How could I forget Red Ash??? A great one for sure!

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Arch Justus.....Portsmouth Clay.....undoubtedly one of the best ever.

[cshscat1982]

For Canton South, we have, of course had the legendary Charles "Red" Ash for I think 37 or 38 years. Bob DeLap replaced him and had some great teams as well, although he just couldn't get over the hump and BEAT McKINLEY!!!!! (He coached the year of the 5-OT Class AAA district final game) Henry Cobb has also done his share of winning games as well.

We have had 10 district championships over the years. Does anybody wonder how many regional and state appearances we would have had, had there been 4 divisions way back when.

Jack Greynolds, Barberton

[Pottsie]

Guard Curtis, RHS

how, may i ask, is steve williman of liberty-benton not on this list? winningest team in the 90's? state title? state runner-up this past season?

also...a student of steve smith, orville, as a player at old fort.

war willi
darby

myron and pj ...

WN did beat Zanesville in the regional finals in '94. The next year, they met in the state semifinals.

As for Seth Martin, I distinctly remember that he caught an outlet pass "between the circles" in the front court near the end of the third quarter vs. WN and drilled a long shot to beat the buzzer. It was a real momentum boost headed to the fourth quarter.

His banked-in free-throw occurred in the overtime vs. Cleveland Heights in the final, providing the winning margin for the state title.

It was a magical tournament run for the Blue Devils, one where we felt a special hand was reaching down to help Zanesville shock everyone in the final four.

Thanks, Windy.

[The RingLeader]

westervill n beat z ville in 94 lost to z vill in 95 those were classics !

[safety27]

The late Roger Renz--Continental/Defiance/Findlay and/or Joe Stalma Rossford

[johnner11]

Bob Arnzen, Delphos St. John's

[shstiger73]

Charlie Huggins with special mentions to Perry Reese, Red Ash, and Jack Van Reeth (very good boys coach and great girls teams at West Holmes)

[lmavcch3]

Definitely agree with Charlie Huggins and JVR.

Would like to add Richie Longaberger from Dresden JayHawk/Dresden Tri-Valley. Got the most out of each and every one of his players. Offensively his teams were some of the most fundamentally sound teams I've ever seen. Defensively, they were just fun to watch and teams hated playing against them.

[JLGHoops]

Perry Reece at Berlin Hiland

[hawkeyz]

Coach Reese wasn't just a basketball coach. That was just the most public thing he did. His students loved him. He had this ability to make a friend in a short amount of time and make friends out of enemies. He changed the culture, mindset, and ethos of 1/2 a county and beyond. The man left a legacy that is massive.

I have amazing memories of what Coach did with his runts, but my favorite was around 99-00 he had a starting 5 at or under 5'11. The post was 5'10". The Garaway Pirates had a college line up that year in terms of size with Andreas, Mallerne, Renner, etc. They were something like 6'10", 6'8", 6'6", 6'4" and 6' - and all those guys were very good players. Hiland beat them in Berlin by 20 with full court pressure, fast break points, and 3's. On paper there was no way Hiland should have even been on the court with them. That's a great coach right there.

[hc20]

Bob Krizancic of Mentor....his system makes teams with superior height/athleticism struggle; gets players through system to buy in.