Bill Hodges
Saturday August 28, 2010
Show 025
We are delighted to have Coach Bill Hodges as our guest on the 25th installment of The Passing Game with Fletcher Arritt. A veteran Coach of over three decades, Coach Hodges is probably best known for leading Larry Bird and the Indiana State Sycamores to the 1979 National Finals against Magic Johnson and the Spartans of Michigan State. Voted the 1979 AP Coach of the Year, Hodges, who was in his first season as a head coach, helped his team to a 31-1 record. "From there," Hodges jokes during his interview, "it was all downhill."
After three seasons at Indiana State, Coach Hodges moved to Long Beach State as an assistant taking his next head coaching job in 1986 at Georgia College (NAIA Div. II). After five seasons, Hodges became the head coach at Mercer University (Atlantic Sun), where he spent six years.
After "retiring" from coaching in 1997, Coach Hodges moved to southwestern Virginia to be closer to family. In the past decade, he has taught History at a local high school, coached girls' tennis, and is now in his first season as the head coach of the Roanoke Catholic Celtics--a small private school in Roanoke, VA.
Coach Hodges talks with Coach Arritt and Brooks Berry about the 1979 Final Four, Larry Bird, and facing new challenges in coaching during this episode of The Passing Game. It is an honor to have him on the show.
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