Basketball: Illinois Basketball Coaches Association honors area’s Coaches of the Year

The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association this week announced its 2022-23 Coaches of the Year, with multiple area basketball coaches from the college ranks down to junior high honored.

Among the honorees were:

• Lewis University women’s coach Keisha Newell

• Lemont High School boys coach Rick Runaas

• Bolingbrook High School boys coach Robert Brost

• Joliet West High School boys coach Jeremy Kreiger

• Peotone High School girls coach Steve Strough

• Providence Catholic girls coach Eileen Copenhaver

• Lincoln-Way Central High School girls coach Dave Campanile

• Lincoln-Way West High School girls coach Ryan White

• Bolingbrook High School girls coach Christopher Smith

• Lincoln-Way Special Recreation Association wheelchair basketball coach Keith Wallace

• Jane Addams Middle School boys coach Nathan Hollander

• Brooks Middle School boys coach Michael Sedor

• Taft Elementary girls coach Pete Howard

• Summit Hill Junior High girls coach Jack Howard

• Jane Addams Middle School girls coach Christina Miller

• Richland Junior High School boys coach John Meyer

The IBCA Coach of the Year Luncheon/Hall of Fame Banquet will be held May 6 at CEFCU Arena (formerly Redbird Arena) in Normal.

Among the Hall of Fame inductees will be Sally Anderson (Lockport), James Augustine (Lincoln-Way), Kersten Mitchell (Lincoln-Way East), Jenna McCormick (Lincoln-Way East), Brittney Thomas (Bolingbrook), Samantha Williams (Bolingbrook) and Frank Palmasini (Providence).