HR 23 (LSB 2808HH (2) 88)

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 23

BY  A. MEYER

A Resolution recognizing and honoring Dennis Pilcher for his accomplishments and career in coaching basketball and as athletic director of Iowa Central Community College.

   WHEREAS, Dennis Pilcher coached 51 seasons of basketball, including 40 seasons at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa, eight seasons at Dyersburg State Community College in Dyersburg, Tennessee, and three seasons at Fancy Farm High School in Fancy Farm, Kentucky; and
   WHEREAS, Pilcher is not only Iowa Central’s longest tenured coach, but he also served as Iowa Central’s athletic director from 1990 to 2010; and
   WHEREAS, Pilcher has the 12th most victories nationally all-time among junior college head coaches with 856 wins (759 wins at Iowa Central); and
   WHEREAS, Pilcher led Iowa Central to two National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) tournament appearances; and
   WHEREAS, Pilcher has coached four first-team All Americans, an honor recognizing exceptional basketball players; and
   WHEREAS, Pilcher is a two-time Region XI NJCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year; and
   WHEREAS, in 2011, Pilcher was inducted into the NJCAA Coaches Hall of Fame by his NJCAA coaching peers; and
   WHEREAS, as athletic director of Iowa Central, Pilcher oversaw the athletic department grow from 10 programs in 1990 to 20 programs in 2010; and
   WHEREAS, Pilcher’s final two seasons as athletic director yielded back-to-back National Association of Two-Year College Athletic Administrator Cups, which is awarded annually to the nation’s top two-year athletic department based on team finishes at national tournaments; and
   WHEREAS, on February 22, 2013, Iowa Central honored Pilcher by dedicating and naming the basketball court inside Hodges Fieldhouse, located on Iowa Central’s campus, the Dennis Pilcher Court; and
   WHEREAS, in March of 2019, Pilcher officially announced his retirement, ending a career spanning five decades of coaching basketball and being involved in college athletics; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives recognizes and honors Dennis Pilcher for his illustrious career of coaching basketball and as athletic director of Iowa Central Community College.