IBCA basketball coaches of the year for 2024-25 around Peoria


Coaching is essential for the success of any basketball team.

These are the 39 Peoria-area college, high school and junior high coaches named coach of the year by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association for the 2024-25 season.

College men

College women

  • NJCAA Division II — Karrie Redeker (Illinois Central College)

High school boys

  • Class 1A — Trey David (Illini Bluffs); Tait Sennett (Princeville); Jason Persinger (Peoria Christian)
  • Class 2A — Jason Smith (Princeton); Jeremy Anderson (Macomb); Brian Emerich (Tremont)
  • Class 3A — Justin Dehm (Metamora); Daniel Ruffin (Peoria High)

High school girls

  • Class 1A: Todd Hansen (Kewanee Wethersfield); Ryan Davis (Roanoke-Benson)
  • Class 2A: Layne Langholf (Peoria Notre Dame); Joni Nightengale (Deer Creek-Mackinaw)
  • Class 3A: Lexi Demott (Galesburg); Kim Barth (Washington); Bob Becker (Morton)
  • Class 4A: Brett McGinnis (Pekin)

Junior high boys

  • 7th grade — Chad VanDeVelde (Kewanee Visitation Catholic); Christian Harris (McNabb Putnam County); Jordan Mercer (Mossville); Brandon Heider (Eureka); Taylor Scheuermann (Dunlap Middle); Ethan Genders (Metamora).
  • 8th grade — Jim Lynch (Peoria St. Jude); Tyler DeBrock (Oglesby Washington); Jeremi Whalen (Peoris Heights); Greg Crider (Dunlap Middle); Jeff Thompson (Green Valley Midwest Central); Russ Garey (Germantown Hills).

Junior high girls

  • 7th grade: Tom Schoen (Morton Blessed Sacrament); Andrew Laird (Germantown Hills).
  • 8th grade: Jessica Parker (Glasford Illini Bluffs); Mike Urbanski (LaSalle Trinity Catholic Academy); Nick Heuser (McNabb Putnam County); Jeff Bayer (Eureka); Madison Phillips (Carthage); Dustin McDougall (Washington St. Patrick); Chris Dalberg (Washington Central).



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