Rick Brook

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Richard (Rick) Brook is the most successful boys basketball coach in the history of Sebring McKinley High School (1968–1999); compiling 554 wins over 32 seasons (77%).[1] During the course of his Sebring career, Coach Brook dominated the Tri-County League winning 79% of his league games and taking home 18 championships.[1]

The post-season saw Coach Brook win 18 Sectional, 8 District and 2 Regional championships with a state runner-up finish in 1970.[1]

Rick was honored with a coach-of-the-year award 11 times by the Alliance Review and 13 times by the Mahoning Valley Coaches Association.[1]

Other awards include the North/South All Star Game coach (1970), the Muskingum College Distinguished Coaching Award (1975) and the Paul Walker Award (1992). He also served for 14 years as a district director for the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association.[1]

In 2001, Coach Brook was inducted into the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame,[2] the Sebring High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005[3] and the East Palestine High School Hall of Fame in 2003.[4]

At the time of his retirement after the 1999 season, coach was tied for 9th on the list of most wins in the history of Ohio high school basketball.[1]

Note: All statistics sourced from, "Rick Brook - Coaching Career"

Career Record[1]
Sebring Other TOTAL %
Win 554 17 571 74
Loss 161 39 200 26
TOTAL 715 56 771 100

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Rick Brook - Coaching Career.[full citation needed]
  2. ^ "Rick Brook | Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association". ohiobkcoaches.com. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  3. ^ "Sebring High School Athletic Hall of Fame" (PDF).
  4. ^ "EAST PALESTINE Hall of fame to induct 8 members | vindy.com". www.vindy.com. Retrieved 2018-03-21.