Basil Mawbey

A proven winner at every stop along the route, Basil Mawbey is simply the most decorated high school basketball coach to have ever coached in Howard County.

Inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002, Mawbey, with a career record of 645-246, stands No. 7 on the all-time victory list among Indiana boys basketball coaches.

Mawbey has coached 38 seasons at the varsity level but his involvement with basketball is actually 55 years when his time as a player and coach at the freshman and junior varsity levels is included.

Mawbey coached Connersville to a single-class IHSAA state championship in 1983 and also led Lewis Cass to an unbeaten season and the Class 2A state title in 2003.

Between those two stops, he coached 14 seasons at Kokomo, amassing a 248-80 record, twice taking the Kats to the Final Four in the single-class system. Mawbey also mentored four assistant coaches who continued on to lead basketball teams to state championships.

Mawbey is now the varsity basketball coach at Broad Ripple High School. He and his wife Eileen, who have four children and 11 grandchildren, have homes in Rochester and Indianapolis.