Underdogs are easy to appreciate. They scrap, fight the good fight and never take anything for granted. When they win, our tears are tears of joy for them. Keith Guttin was that way as a baseball player and, when hired to lead the Missouri State Bears some 32 years ago, it turned out to be… Read more »
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Father Martin Hagan
Founder of the high school’s rifle team, Father Hagan coached from 1953 until 1987. In those 34 years, his teams went on to 33 Top Ten finishes in the nation, garnering five National Championship along the way. In addition to the championships came three second place finishes and three third place finishes. Father Hagan passed… Read more »
Byron Hagler
The letter from a player’s mom, written before she succumbed to cancer in 1992, rarely sees the light of day. Which is understandable. Byron Hagler, a longtime high school baseball coach set to be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, tears up just reading it. The mom addressed it to him, and included… Read more »
John Mark Hale
He had the script all but written, and it would have been one of those sweet homecoming stories you see in the movies. John Mark Hale, right out of college and unable to land a high school coaching job in his home state of Kentucky, headed west to a southern Missouri community called Cabool. This… Read more »
Jim Halliburton
He has been in and around competitive swimming for so long that folks may assume the H in water’s chemical name, h2o, stands for “Halliburton.” Yes, Jim Halliburton has given his life the sport. Not that anyone is surprised. After all, he went undefeated as a Ladue High School swimmer decades ago, broke Big Ten… Read more »
Lori Hanaway
When hired for her first volleyball coaching job, she wasn’t much older than her high school players and, while a 22-year-old coach might have seen it as a stepping stone to another school or as a way to transition to basketball, that wasn’t the case. Not for Lori Hanaway. In much the same way life finds you,… Read more »
Steve Hancock
A product of Holden, Missouri, Steve began his coaching career in 1972 as the Junior High Football Coordinator for Harrisonville Public Schools, before joining the varsity staff in 1974. In his three campaigns on the varsity level, Harrisonville went a combined 26-3-1. Hancock then went on to become the head coach of the Stockton High… Read more »
Jim Hanifan
Arguably the finest offensive line coach in the history of professional football, Jim Hanifan was born in Compton, CA and attended Covina High School. His storied coaching career began when he took a position as assistant coach at Yuba Junior College from 1959 to 1961. He was named head coach at Charter Oak High School… Read more »
Gil Hanlin
Gil Hanlin is a varsity assistant basketball coach at Springfield Central High School. He was inducted into the MSHOF in 1992 and the MBCA Hall of Fame that same year, as well. He is also featured among the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association’s 600 Victory Coaches, with 639 victories. Hanlin has coached at Montrose High School,… Read more »
Kirk Hanson
Coach Kirk Hanson has been the head men’s basketball coach at Central Bible College for the last 32 years. Under his leadership, CBC has won three national championships and twenty three regional championships. Hanson has been named National Coach of the Year four times. He has accumulated a coaching record for 713-448, which puts him… Read more »
John Hartley
He played in the Kiwanis youth baseball league of Springfield, continued on in to high school and college, too, and eventually found his calling as a coach. Which helps explain why you’ll always find John Hartley smiling at a baseball field. In fact, ask him why he loves the game so much, and his response… Read more »
Max Hayes
Max Hayes’ was born on a farm in Smith County, Kansas. He attended Smith Center High School where he starred in track, basketball and football. As a first-generation college student, Hayes left home to attend college at the University of Kansas in 1947. There, coach Phog Allen (MSHOF 1952) urged him to try out for… Read more »
John Henage
His high school football coaching career in the mid-1960s began like most others – with little fanfare, in relative anonymity and trial runs at three stops. In fact, at one school, he started a football program, only to see a Missouri River flood wipe out a full season. So talk about paying your dues. John… Read more »
Burl Henderson
Burl “Bud” Henderson started his career in basketball as a student-athlete at Southwest Missouri State University. After graduation, his first coaching position was at Mount Vernon High School, which at the time did not even have a real gym where students could play. Finally, in 1929, one was constructed, but since the team had little… Read more »
Gwinn Henry
Henry was head coach of the University of Missouri from 1923 to 1931. During his tenure, he compiled a 40–28–9 (.578) record. On December 25, 1924, he led Mizzou against the University of Southern California at the Los Angeles Christmas Festival, losing 20-7. Before his coaching career, Henry was a football player and track and… Read more »
Ray Hentges
Born and raised in Jefferson City, Ray Hentges was in the last graduating class of St. Peters High School, before it was renamed Helias High School in 1956. Ray served as the head football coach at Helias for 33 years. He coached two state championship football teams and compiled an overall record of 251 wins… Read more »