Robert “Bob” Sechrest’s coaching career began with four years at Van Buren High School and a record of 81-41. After a 26-5 year at Thayer, Sechrest coached at Flat River High School for six years before spending 24 years at Mineral Area College, where he compiled a 465-273 record. Sechrest was inducted into the Missouri… Read more »
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Charlie Share
Share was selected by the Boston Celtics as the first pick in the first year of the NBA draft. Charlie later became a vital part of the Milwaukee Hawks franchise. As captain for three years, Share helped the St. Louis Hawks to a NBA World Championship victory in 1958.
Jeff Sherman
The plan was to help his alma mater hire a new head coach for the men’s basketball team, head out to a high school near St. Louis and start a coaching career like so many others. However, Central Methodist University had different plans for Jeff Sherman in the mid-1980s. Yes, he was all of 24.… Read more »
Walt Shublom
An avid athlete, Walt Shublom played minor league baseball and signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates farm organization prior to joining the Navy in 1942. After his discharge from Naval service in the Philippines during World War II, he completed his bachelor’s degree at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College. In 1946 he married Lillian Pulliam of… Read more »
Reba Sims
Reba came to Missouri State University in 1969 as head coach of the women’s basketball, softball and field hockey teams and, in addition, was a full time instructor in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department. Her various teams won several Missouri Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women state tournaments in each sport. Under Sims,… Read more »
Skyline High School Girls Basketball Program
Along U.S. Highway 65 north between Springfield and Sedalia, on a meandering two-laner cutting through farm country of Hickory County, the big box-office draw is not at a movie theater but at an R-I school district. That would be the girls basketball program of Skyline High School, and think the locals are proud of it?… Read more »
Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith was the first-ever men’s basketball coach at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, starting the program in 1966. He led the Rivermen for 13 years, compiling a 171-143 record. He retired following the 1978-79 season to become UMSL’s first full-time Athletics Director. During the 1968-69 season, Smith directed UMSL to a 19-7 record and… Read more »
Franklin Smith
Franklin “Brownie” Delano Smith was born and raised in Black Rock, Arkansas. On January 19, 1953, Smith married Mary Ellen Holobaugh, in Swifton, Arkansas. Smith joined the Army in February of 1954 and served two years. After his discharge, he went to college on the G.I. Bill and obtained his teaching degree. Smith spent most… Read more »
Lionel Smith
Lionel Smith was the only son of Lloyd and Freda Smith. Lloyd Smith was the superintendent of Cairo (MO) Public Schools, where he supported the development of girls’ high school basketball. Lionel Smith, his only child, made his mark in sports as a high-scoring basketball player at Madison High School, and later at the University… Read more »
Willie Smith
Smith starred at the University of Missouri as a 6’2″ shooting guard where he earned All-America honors. Smith, nicknamed “Mister Magic”, averaged 25.3 points per game during the 1976 season as he led Mizzou to a Big Eight Conference basketball championship. Smith played in the NBA from 1976 to 1980 after being selected with the… Read more »
Tom Smith
A true legend of the coaching profession, the 2012-13 season was the last for Missouri Western State University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Tom Smith as he announced his retirement in December of 2012 after 38 years of being a head coach and more than 45 years in the coaching profession. Born in Gary, Indiana, in… Read more »
Doug Smith
He traveled from Detroit determined to carry the University of Missouri deep into the Big Dance, along the way emerged as one of its all-time greats and then received the ultimate compliment in his final home game. Doug Smith remembers it like yesterday – not so much because the Mizzou Tigers surprised him by retiring… Read more »
Rod Smith
In almost every community across America, a unique connection exists between sports fans and their local sports reporters. Nowhere is that more pronounced than in mid-Missouri. In 2008, at the height of the Great Recession and its layoffs, longtime KRCG-TV 13 Sports Director Rod Smith was among the casualties, for financial reasons like so many… Read more »
1998-99 SMS Bears Sweet Sixteen Basketball Team
The Bears enjoyed a magical season in 1998-99, advancing all the way to the NCAA Sweet 16, finally falling to the Number 1 team in the nation. SMS had a solid, veteran team that season with Kevin Ault and William Fontleroy in the backcourt, 6-11 Danny Moore in the pivot, Ron Bruton and Ken Stringer, and… Read more »
2009 Sparta High School Girls Basketball State Championship Team
In the expansive trophy case of the new high school in Sparta, you’ll see homages to the past. Notice the worn letter jackets of the mid-1950s celebrating basketball teams that won state titles? And you cannot miss all of the district plaques from various sports teams. But look further to the right and you’ll see… Read more »