Handful of media outlets are reporting Coach Durnell at East Noble is serving as the youngest varsity coach in 100 years. Not so fast, my friend..
Youngest to Coach Varsity Game
(B) 17 Ira Hinshaw - Monrovia 1915-16
(B) 20 Dale Ciciora - Liberty Twp. 1955-56
(B) 22 Skip Collins - Seeger 1965-66
(B) 22 Brandon Durnell - East Noble 2021-22
(B) 22 Ronald Nored - Brownsburg 2012-13
(B) 22 Cliff Wells - Bloomington 1918-19
(B) 22 Claude Whitney - Lebanon 1911-12
(B) 22 Cody Wright - North Vermillion 2017-18
(B) 23 Chad Dunwoody - Lafayette Catholic 1995-96
(B) 23 Chester Hill - Thorntown 1914-15
(B) 23 JR Holmes - Tunnelton 1970-71
(G) 20 Taylor Pepperworth - TH South 2020-21
(G) 23 Kellie Kirkhoff - Greencastle 2019-20
Oldest to Coach a Varsity Game
(B) 85 Jerry Hoover - Blackford 2019-20
(G) 79 Jerry Hoover - Logansport 2013-14
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Youngest to Coach Varsity Game
(B) 17 Ira Hinshaw - Monrovia 1915-16
(B) 20 Dale Ciciora - Liberty Twp. 1955-56
(B) 22 Skip Collins - Seeger 1965-66
(B) 22 Brandon Durnell - East Noble 2021-22
(B) 22 Ronald Nored - Brownsburg 2012-13
(B) 22 Cliff Wells - Bloomington 1918-19
(B) 22 Claude Whitney - Lebanon 1911-12
(B) 22 Cody Wright - North Vermillion 2017-18
(B) 23 Chad Dunwoody - Lafayette Catholic 1995-96
(B) 23 Chester Hill - Thorntown 1914-15
(B) 23 JR Holmes - Tunnelton 1970-71
(G) 20 Taylor Pepperworth - TH South 2020-21
(G) 23 Kellie Kirkhoff - Greencastle 2019-20
Oldest to Coach a Varsity Game
(B) 85 Jerry Hoover - Blackford 2019-20
(G) 79 Jerry Hoover - Logansport 2013-14
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East Noble’s Durnell is Indiana’s youngest boys basketball coach in over 100 years
KENDALLVILLE, Ind. (WANE) – Youth is being served in Kendallville this basketball season – and it has nothing to do with the roster, though head coach Brandon Durnell is almost young en…
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