Bill Hodges Bio Bill Hodges Was Born in Lebanon, Indiana and Grew up Near Zionsville Where He Attended High
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Bill Hodges 12439 NE 48th Circle Oxford, Florida 34484 [email protected] 540‐243‐6239 Bill Hodges Bio Bill Hodges was born in Lebanon, Indiana and grew up near Zionsville where he attended high school and played basketball for Indiana Hall of Fame coach Jim Rosenstihl. After graduation Hodges spent four years in the United States Air Force, where he traveled the Far East. After completing his armed forces duty he attended Edison Junior College in Fort Myers, Florida where he played basketball for Indiana and Florida Hall of Fame coach, Hugh Thimlar. Hodges transferred from Edison to Purdue University before he completed his collegiate degree at Marian University in Indianapolis, Indiana where he became a student basketball coach. He went on to Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tennessee where he received his Master’s Degree and became a full time assistant college basketball coach. Bill spent the next ten years as an assistant college coach and sixteen years as a head college coach at Indiana State, Georgia College, and Mercer University. He is most well remembered for his tenure at Indiana State University, where his ISU Sycamores, led by Larry Bird, were the runners up to Michigan State in the 1979 NCAA National Championship. Hodges was named AP, UPI, Sporting News, and Kellogg National Coach of the year for his inaugural year as a head coach. After his retirement from Basketball Coaching Bill was drafted back in to coaching as the basketball coach at Roanoke Catholic High School until they dropped their varsity program. He was then hired to rebuild the North Cross School program and in two years coached them to a 60‐12 record and 1 final 4 and 1 state champion runner up position. Bill presently resides with his daughter Zoie’s family in The Villages, Florida. Retired/Public Speaker/Clinic Speaker (2014 – Present) Northcross School, Roanoke, Virginia (2011 – 2014): Head Basketball Coach Roanoke Catholic, Roanoke, Virginia (2010 – 2011): Head Basketball Coach Retired/Public Speaker/Clinic Speaker (2005 – 2010) Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, GA (2000 – 2005): Athletic Director/Head Basketball Coach Murray State University, Murray, KY (1998 – 1999): Assistant Basketball Coach and Coordinator of International Recruitment Mercer University, Macon, GA (1991 – 1997): Head Basketball Coach Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA (1986 – 1991): Head Basketball Coach Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA (1983 – 1984): Assistant Basketball Coach Palm Beach Junior College, Lake Worth, FL (1982 – 1983): Head Basketball Coach Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN (1978 – 1982): Head Basketball Coach Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN (1975 – 1978): Assistant Basketball Coach Armstrong State University, Savanna, GA (1974 – 1975): Assistant Athletic Director, Assistant Basketball Coach Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN (1970 – 1974): Assistant Basketball Coach EDUCATION: Georgia College & State University – Work Toward Specialist Degree Georgia Military College – Work for Teacher Certification Tennessee Tech University–Master of Arts in HPER – 1971 Marian College, Indiana – Bachelor of Science. In Physical Education with Social Studies Teaching Option 1970 Purdue University – 1968‐1970 Edison Junior College, Ft. Myers, Florida – 1966‐1968 Zionsville High School, Indiana – 1957‐1961 RELATED COACHING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES: Roanoke Catholic Basketball Camp Director Final Four Coaches Club Honoree 2010 Head Coach National Basketball Coaches College All Star Team Georgia College Basketball Camp Director Hoosier Basketball Clinic – Director Bill Hodges Basketball Camp – Director 1981 Head Coach National Basketball Coaches College All Star Team Bill Hodges Pre‐Game Radio Show Bill Hodges Television Show Kellogg Basketball Clinics – Feature Speaker Converse Shoe Company – Advisory Staff Indiana High School Basketball Clinics – Feature Speaker National Youth Coaches Association Video – Feature Speaker AWARDS AND HONORS: Inducted into Indiana State University Hall of Fame, 1999 College Coach of Year: Georgia Division I, 1996‐97 Inducted into Florida Junior College Hall of Fame, 1996 Coach of the Year: Georgia Division II, 1988 – 1989 Coach of the Year: Georgia Intercollegiate Conference, 1988 – 1989 Coach of the Year: NAIA District 25, 1987 – 1988 Coach of the Year: Georgia Intercollegiate Conference, 1987 – 1988 Gold Plate Award; National Academy of Achievement, 1980 National Coach of the Year: Associated Press, 1978 – 1979 National Coach of the Year: United Press International, 1978 – 1979 National Coach of the Year: Kellogg, 1978 – 1979 National Coach of the Year: Sporting News, 1978 – 1979 Coach of the Year: Missouri Valley Conference, 1978 – 1979 .