Coaches

Don Sheffer

Year Inducted: 1975

Category: Coaches

Schools / Organizations: Princeton High School

Biography: Don Sheffer was the first coach in Bureau County history to take a team to the state basketball tournament.  That first trip for Princeton HS came in 1954.  Princeton returned in 1955 and captured the IHSA 4^th place trophy.  Princeton earned eight conference basketball championships under Sheffer who finished his career with 328 victories and 193 losses.  Don left teaching and coaching in 1965 to run a private insurance business which he did until his retirement in 1988.  Don Sheffer passed away on October 2, 2012 at the age of 88.