House
Resolution
23
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Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
23
BY
A.
MEYER
A
Resolution
recognizing
and
honoring
Dennis
Pilcher
1
for
his
accomplishments
and
career
in
coaching
2
basketball
and
as
athletic
director
of
Iowa
Central
3
Community
College.
4
WHEREAS,
Dennis
Pilcher
coached
51
seasons
of
5
basketball,
including
40
seasons
at
Iowa
Central
6
Community
College
in
Fort
Dodge,
Iowa,
eight
seasons
7
at
Dyersburg
State
Community
College
in
Dyersburg,
8
Tennessee,
and
three
seasons
at
Fancy
Farm
High
School
9
in
Fancy
Farm,
Kentucky;
and
10
WHEREAS,
Pilcher
is
not
only
Iowa
Central’s
longest
11
tenured
coach,
but
he
also
served
as
Iowa
Central’s
12
athletic
director
from
1990
to
2010;
and
13
WHEREAS,
Pilcher
has
the
12th
most
victories
14
nationally
all-time
among
junior
college
head
coaches
15
with
856
wins
(759
wins
at
Iowa
Central);
and
16
WHEREAS,
Pilcher
led
Iowa
Central
to
two
National
17
Junior
College
Athletic
Association
(NJCAA)
tournament
18
appearances;
and
19
WHEREAS,
Pilcher
has
coached
four
first-team
All
20
Americans,
an
honor
recognizing
exceptional
basketball
21
players;
and
22
WHEREAS,
Pilcher
is
a
two-time
Region
XI
NJCAA
23
Division
II
Men’s
Basketball
Coach
of
the
Year;
and
24
WHEREAS,
in
2011,
Pilcher
was
inducted
into
the
25
NJCAA
Coaches
Hall
of
Fame
by
his
NJCAA
coaching
26
peers;
and
27
WHEREAS,
as
athletic
director
of
Iowa
Central,
28
-1-
LSB
2808HH
(2)
88
mo/rn
1/
2
H.R.
23
Pilcher
oversaw
the
athletic
department
grow
from
10
1
programs
in
1990
to
20
programs
in
2010;
and
2
WHEREAS,
Pilcher’s
final
two
seasons
as
athletic
3
director
yielded
back-to-back
National
Association
of
4
Two-Year
College
Athletic
Administrator
Cups,
which
5
is
awarded
annually
to
the
nation’s
top
two-year
6
athletic
department
based
on
team
finishes
at
national
7
tournaments;
and
8
WHEREAS,
on
February
22,
2013,
Iowa
Central
honored
9
Pilcher
by
dedicating
and
naming
the
basketball
court
10
inside
Hodges
Fieldhouse,
located
on
Iowa
Central’s
11
campus,
the
Dennis
Pilcher
Court;
and
12
WHEREAS,
in
March
of
2019,
Pilcher
officially
13
announced
his
retirement,
ending
a
career
spanning
five
14
decades
of
coaching
basketball
and
being
involved
in
15
college
athletics;
NOW
THEREFORE,
16
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
17
the
House
of
Representatives
recognizes
and
honors
18
Dennis
Pilcher
for
his
illustrious
career
of
coaching
19
basketball
and
as
athletic
director
of
Iowa
Central
20
Community
College.
21
-2-
LSB
2808HH
(2)
88
mo/rn
2/
2