We were fortunate to beat Alleman on Thursday night. Coach Hatch’s teams are always well prepared and know exactly what we are going to do. Last week, Jay coached the 400th win at Alleman.
In girls basketball in the WB6, in the last 30 years, the average tenure for a coach has been about 4.5 years. Jay has surpassed that by some margin- Coach Hatch is in his 19th season at Alleman. In the time I have been coaching, he has the longest service of any girls basketball WB6 coach.
Jay Hatch Alleman 19 years*
Rod Leatherman Rock Island 15 years
Steve Ford Moline 13 years*
Steve Ebner Alleman 11 years
Ed Swaggard Rock Island 11 years
· * Still coaching.
· No one else has coached over 10 years.
During the time I have been coaching at GHS, this is the number of coaches there have been at the other conference schools.
Alleman- 5 coaches
Rock Island- 6 coaches
Moline- 8 coaches
UTHS- 9 coaches
Quincy- 9 coaches
In boys basketball, there have been only 2 coaches to have coached in the WB6 longer than Jay.
Duncan Reid Rock Island 21 years
Jerry Leggett RI, Q, Mol 21 years
Loren Wallace Quincy 13 years
Don Morris Alleman 12 years
Larry Schulte Alleman 12 years
Barry Swanson Galesburg 12 years
Thom Sigel Rock Island 11 years*
Frank Dexter Moline 10 years
But Jay has a long ways to go to become Alleman’s longest tenured basketball coach. Although Don Morris only coached 12 years in the WB6, he coached a total of 33 years at Alleman in boys basketball. He coached 21 years before the WB6 was formed and then 12 years in the WB6.
Congratulations to Coach Hatch on his 400th win. Jay has certainly provided quality teaching and coaching to Alleman for the last 19 years in girls basketball.
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