(1-16-25) Tuesday night Jay County High School boys basketball coach Jerry Bomholt picked up his 600th career win in the Patriots 61-14 win over South Adams in the opening round of the ACAC tournament.
The Commercial Review – Jerry joins 600 club
Bomholt told the Commercial Review after the game-
“I think it’s been great. I think it’s been fantastic for my wife and I to be able to come home for the last five years and have something like this happen. … What a great group of parents. What a great group of kids. It tells you a lot when you can carry that over from one generation to the next. You feel pretty solid and feel pretty good about what you’re developing.
“I can’t say thanks enough to the kids for what they mean to me and what they were able to do these last five years. I’m just happy for it.”
At Jay County…1980-84, Bomholt led the Patriots to a 57-39 record and won three straight sectional championships in the single class system.
- Northwestern (1984-85)
- Shenandoah (1985-87)
- Columbia City (1987-90)
- Princeton (1990-96)
- Southwestern (Hanover) (1997-2002; 2015-2020)
- Shawe Memorial (2003-2011)
- Franklin (2013-14).
Bomholt has won 13 sectional championships and led Southwestern to a semistate championship in 1998.
Bomholt in 43 years of coaching has a 600-390 record. In terms of wins, he is #5 among active Indiana high school boys basketball coaches .
Did you know…
Indiana high school boys basketball coaches with notable records
- Jack Butcher: Coached at Loogootee and had 806 wins
- Howard Sharpe: Coached at North Knox and had 724 wins
- Bill Stearman: Coached at Columbus North and had 714 wins
- Bill Harrell: Coached at Muncie Central and had 660 wins
National All Time Career Wins
Robert Hughes
Career record: 1,333-265 (.834)
Years coached: 1959-2005
Schools: Terrell (Texas); Dunbar (Fort Worth, Texas)
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