Former Southwestern & Shawe Boys Basketball Coach Announces Retirement

He was state runner up his first year at Southwestern

                                 bomholt                                                         (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE COMMERICAL REVIEW)
Former Southwestern Rebels Boys Basketball and Shawe Memorial and Pope John XXIII Schools Head basketball coach Jerry Bomholt has announced his retirement from Jay Co effective immediately

Coach Bomholt won his 600th career game on January 14th

Jerry Bomholt was 164-95 at Southwestern and is currently the winningest Boys Basketball coach at Southwestern

Bomholt was 602-393 in his 44th year of coaching making him the 19th winningest boys' basketball coach in Indiana history.

Jerry Bomholt record
Year School Won Lost Title
1994 Princeton 19 3  
1995 Princeton 14 7  
1996 Princeton 3 18  
1998 Southwestern (Hanover) 17 10  semistate
1999 Southwestern (Hanover) 15 7  
2000 Southwestern (Hanover) 17 4  
2001 Southwestern (Hanover) 17 5  
2002 Southwestern (Hanover) 12 9  
2003 Shawe Memorial 11 13  sectional
2004 Shawe Memorial 16 7  
2005 Shawe Memorial 15 7  
2006 Shawe Memorial 21 4  sectional
2007 Shawe Memorial 15 9  
2008 Shawe Memorial 8 13  
2009 Shawe Memorial 13 10  
2010 Shawe Memorial 16 6  sectional
2011 Shawe Memorial 20 4  sectional
2013 Franklin 15 7  
2014 Franklin 16 7  
2015 Southwestern (Hanover) 2 22  
2016 Southwestern (Hanover) 8 16  
2017 Southwestern (Hanover) 13 10  
2018 Southwestern (Hanover) 24 3  sectional
2019 Southwestern (Hanover) 25 2  sectional
2021 Jay County 7 11  
2022 Jay County 21 5  
2023 Jay County 9 12  
2024 Jay County 8 14

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