HOF Career Coaches
PJ White
Year Inducted: 2022
Category: Career Coaches
Schools / Organizations: (Elgin) St. Edward High School
Batavia High School
Biography: PJ was involved with teams that won 487 games during his 33-year coaching career. He was a boys’ assistant coach at Batavia High School from 1985-2010, during which Batavia won 354 games, eight conference titles, nine IHSA Regionals, two IHSA Sectionals and made an IHSA Elite Eight appearance. PJ was head coach at (Elgin) St. Edward High School from 2010-18, winning 133 games, two IHSA Regionals, one IHSA Sectional and made an IHSA Elite Eight trip in 2017. His 2015 team set a school record with 26 wins.
Pat Moomey
Year Inducted: 2022
Category: Career Coaches
Schools / Organizations: (Chatham) Glenwood High School
(Chatham) Glenwood Junior High School
Biography: Over the course of his career, Pat coached sixth, seventh and eighth grade teams at Chatham Glenwood Junior High and was a boys’ varsity assistant coach at Chatham Glenwood High School. He was a varsity assistant or JV coach at the high school from 1986-2021. Chatham Glenwood won seven IHSA Regional championships and notched 361 victories during that span. He was a player on the school’s only Elite Eight team in 1975. Pat also won 893 games and two state titles as varsity baseball coach.
Jack McCarthy
Year Inducted: 2022
Category: Career Coaches
Schools / Organizations: South Beloit High School
Belvidere High School
Beloit (WI) Catholic High School
Biography: At the time of his induction, Jack had a 339-299 record in 25 years as a varsity head coach. He was named Coach of the Year six times and worked multiple years at 12 different basketball camps. His 36-year coaching career included 32 in Illinois and four in Wisconsin. Jack won 112 games in six years as a head coach at South Beloit High School, 171 in 15 seasons at Belvidere High School and 56 in four years at Beloit (Wis.) Catholic High School.
Jeff Miller
Year Inducted: 2022
Category: Career Coaches
Schools / Organizations: Charleston High School
Ashland High School
Cumberland High School
Windsor High School
Biography: Jeff has been a boys’ varsity and girls’ varsity head coach during a career in which he has amassed 368 victories. He was boys’ head coach at Ashland, Cumberland, Windsor and Charleston High Schools. Jeff has most recently been girls’ head coach at Charleston High School, leading two of his teams to unbeaten regular seasons and earning nine Coach of the Year honors. He has guided Charleston to three IHSA Regional titles and served as an IBCA Girls’ All-Star Game head coach.
Mark Kleemann
Year Inducted: 2022
Category: Career Coaches
Schools / Organizations: Oak Lawn Community High School
(Addison) Driscoll Catholic High School
(Peoria) AOL/Spalding High School
Odessa (TX) Junior College
Biography: In 31 years of coaching, 27 in Illinois, Mark’s 310-275 career record includes a 151-116 varsity mark. He has coached at Peoria Spalding High School (now Peoria Notre Dame), Odessa (Texas) College, Addison Driscoll Catholic High School, (Itasca) St. Peter Grade School and Oak Lawn Community High School. Many of these seasons were spent building and rebuilding programs that had fallen on difficult times. As coach at Addison Driscoll, he led the school to its first ever two conference championships, three IHSA Regional titles, 1 IHSA Sectional title and the school’s only super-sectional berth in 1992. He was IBCA District Five Coach of the Year in 1991 and 1992. Mark has worked as a board member with the IBCA for over 20 years. During his 43 year educational career, 12 years were spent in administration.
