Another Idaho boys basketball coaching legend steps down
Bill Hawkins has resigned after 29 years of leading the Madison High boys basketball program in Rexburg and 33 years as a head coach in Idaho with a 596-295 career record, the Upper Valley Standard Journal first reported.
Hawkins led Madison to five state titles and 10 state championship games. His resignation marks another longtime Idaho boys basketball coach stepping down. Last year, Cary Cada resigned after 22 years at Borah and Chris Frost stepped down after 27 years at Highland.
SEVEN-TIME STATE CHAMP RESIGNS
Firth’s Scott Adams, who is tied with Rigby’s Elliott Anderson for the most boys basketball state titles in Idaho history at seven, stepped down Wednesday. Firth won four straight titles under Adams from 2007-10 and three straight from 2014-16.
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Idaho’s most successful boys basketball coaches
Coach | State titles |
Elliott Anderson | 7 |
Scott Adams | 7 |
Terry Jones | 6 |
Bill Hawkins | 5 |
Kirk Williams | 5 |
Robert Coombs | 5 |
Cary Cada | 4 |
Charles Henry | 4 |
Charley Bills | 4 |
Don Haynes | 4 |
Ferris Lynn | 4 |
Lester Wade | 4 |
This story was originally published March 16, 2017 at 8:15 PM with the headline "Another Idaho boys basketball coaching legend steps down."