Coaches

Alex Saudargas

Year Inducted: 1973

Category: Coaches

Schools / Organizations: (Rockford) West High School

Biography: Alex Saudargas was the coach of the great 1955 and 1956 Rockford West teams that won the State Championship.  Down six points to Elgin with 2:18 left in the 1955 state championship game, the Warriors scored six points in a single second, and wound up winning the game.  His team also finished 4^th in 1967.  Saudargas took West to the state basketball tournament in 1949, 1955, 1956, 1967 and 1973.  Alex was the Big 9 Coach of the Year in 1972 and again in 1973.  At the end of his career, Alex’s teams had posted a record of 435-198.  Coach Saudargas passed away on March 1, 1999.