Top five active coaches in Southeast Ohio

casebolt101 · Post by **casebolt101** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:23 pm

Any thought's?

91blue14 · Post by **91blue14** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:08 pm

oz has been around since the sixties. persin @ oak hill now is great. leffingwell at warren local was good :!:

bengalfan76 · Post by **bengalfan76** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:36 pm

1. Larry Jordan Southeastern
2.Osborne Gallia Academy
3 Norm Persin Oak Hill
4. Rick Van Metre McClain
5. Barrick Wheelersburg
Honorable mention
Gary Kellough Chillicothe, Rick ScarBerry Northwest, Matt Combs Vinton County, Stiverson Logan Elm, Dave Young North Adams

Bozo · Post by **Bozo** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:48 pm

Van Metre-McClain
Barrick-Wheelersburg
Stiverson-Logan Elm
Kellough-Chillicothe
Young-North Adams

Bassmaster · Post by **Bassmaster** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:50 pm

1. Carl Wolfe at Meigs
2. Howie Caldwell at Eastern
3. Jim Osborne at Gallia Academy
4. Norm Persin at Oak Hill
5. Rick VanMeter at McClain

Ironman92 · Post by **Ironman92** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:28 pm

SE Ohio is a tad vague with it's boundries.

I'll stick in the SE district..in no order as that is not possible.

Tom Barrick.....Wheelersburg
Dave Young.....North Adams
Pat Hines.....Whiteoak
Maddox....Warren Local
Doug Stiverson...Logan Elm

THere are a few coaches I would not rank as high as others as they do not schedule enough better teams to better prepare their kids for the tourament....I know it's hard...but many coaches do it.

Of course all coaches with the big win totals are great coaches: Osborne, Jordan, Van Matre, Buecler, Wolfe, Persin, Caldwell etc.

Much of this forum does not get the opportunity to see Young, Hines and Stiverson coach...except for the Convo where they make it to the districts every year....there is a reason for that. Whiteoak has been to the districts or beyond every year since 2000....North Adams has made it 13 of the past 15 years...those teams don't have superior talent, they have good kids that play hard for their coaches and are successful EVERY year in the tourney.

bucking red · Post by **bucking red** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:45 pm

A coach who I think is one of the best in se Ohio is Lafon of Ironton.

pfloyd · Post by **pfloyd** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:26 pm

..IF I have to go with a top 5 in the SouthEast District these would be my 5 head men ... defense/fundamentals/sideline "in" game coaching/game preparation ... these gentlemen do it right ...

1. Coach Doug Stiverson ... Logan Elm
2. Coach Tom Barrick ... Wheelersburg
3. Coach VanMatre ... Greenfield McClain
4. Coach Norm Persin ... Oak Hill
5. Coach Matt Combs ... Vinton County

... others that do it right ...

6. Coach Blane Maddox ... Warren Local
7. Coach Howie Caldwell ... Reedsville Eastern
8. Coach Dave Young ... North Adams
9. Coach Pat Hines ... WhiteOak
10. Coach Kellough ... Chillicothe
11. Coach Larry Jordan ... Southeastern
12. Coach Uhrig ... Huntington HS
13. Coach Osborne ...Gallia Academy
14. Coach LaFon ... Ironton HS
15. Coach Barr ... Fairfield Union

... one thing we are blessed with Below the Line is a "whole bunch" of outstanding coaches ... we have some that are now in the stands that I'd like to see back courtside somewhere ... Coach Warner, Coach Kreischer,Coach Butcher to name a few - these men would be on my list as well ...

Dshanton3 · Post by **Dshanton3** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:46 pm

pfloyd, have a funny feeling Kreischer will be back on the sidelines in a head coaching position as soon as #4 retires. He's a smart guy, after all he's a Lexington alum!

burggrad1986 · Post by **burggrad1986** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:27 pm

coach Barrick averages 19.6 wins while only losing 4.4 games per year since coming to wheelersburg in 1994-95. :-D

stillballin · Post by **stillballin** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:32 pm

Coach Derrow at Wellston has won 60% of his games over a 22 year period. The last 4 seasons have dropped that pct from close to 68%.
He has won close to 300 games, something like 280 +

bengalfan76 · Post by **bengalfan76** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:42 pm

Not even in the same league as those mentioned above.

hawkeyepierce · Post by **hawkeyepierce** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:53 pm

As usual pfloyd I agree with your list.

Coach Kreischer and Coach Persin, hmm, are they not related?

Dshanton3 · Post by **Dshanton3** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:19 pm

hawkeye...they do not come from the same gene pool ;-)

Amen Corner · Post by **Amen Corner** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:22 pm

Mark Lafon of Ironton definetly would have to be mentioned.

bengalfan76 · Post by **bengalfan76** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:36 pm

No Coach K got grafted in :lol:

Bozo · Post by **Bozo** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:28 am

Great points gahs!

pfloyd · Post by **pfloyd** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:39 am

... good stuff gahs ... Coach Barrick started the season with 319 wins , the Burg have added 6 more to that total soooooooooo 325 and counting would be the number for the Wheelersburg mentor ...

Go Buckeyes · Post by **Go Buckeyes** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:56 am

Norm Persin definitely gets 1st or somewhere near 1st, also hard to overlook Coach Caldwell of Eastern-plus 300 wins=and Pfloyd, I like the comment about the Fairfield Union coach> Go Fairfield Union Falcons!

Gold.and.Green88 · Post by **Gold.and.Green88** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:10 am

Young just got his 350