Silver Creek – Boys basketball – Rule 15-2.2c (An assistant boys basketball coach coached members of the Silver Creek boys basketball team during an AAU tournament during the school year out of season)
• The Silver Creek High School boys basketball program has been issued a warning. This warning is official notice that member school by-law violation has occurred, is a matter of record, and shall not be repeated.
• A meeting shall be scheduled with the entire boys basketball coaching staff of Silver Creek High School to review IHSAA member-school by-law 15. Once this meeting is complete, the date of the meeting, meeting agenda, and attendance shall be sent to Assistant Commissioner Lewis.
• Assistant Coach Perry Hunter is reprimanded and not permitted to coach the first regular season contest for 2024-25 season for committing this violation. Further infractions of IHSAA member school By-Laws may result in the revocation of Perry Hunter’s coaching accreditation which is outlined in Rule 7.
• Further digressions as they relate to Member school by-laws by student athletes, coaches, or affiliates of the boys basketball program and may include further sanctions, including but not limited to, further suspensions of coaches and/or student-athletes and/or probation for the program.
• The administration of Silver Creek High School is commended for its handling of this member school by-law violation. Part of an IHSAA member school’s duty is to uphold the member school by-laws of its association and furthermore to self-report any violation to the Commissioner (Rule 3).
I feel like an explanation is warranted here.
I was licensed to help coach my son's AAU team this past AAU season, and we needed another player.
I told our coach about an SC player and he willingly accepted him.
I showed up for one day of two games and "coached" one of our kids breaking a rule.
I stayed at the end of the bench and kept stats and we won the tournament.
By winning, we had parents who wanted to take pictures.
Pictures were taken and shared on social media.
Our coach was contacted, I realized that I may have broken and rule and we decided on Sunday night, that Monday morning we would contact the IHSAA and self-report.
That self-report said I was guilty and I would take any punishment so that the player wouldn't be suspended.
It took about 3 months to get this back.
Another school did the same thing and got a verbal warning, no suspension and that coach did not get their name mentioned for everyone to see.
So, now, I cannot go watch the first game of my son's sophomore season, that's right, I cannot even be in the gym.
I don't understand and I realize the IHSAA has a hard job and cannot investigate every infraction, but this was done innocently in which I did minimal, if any "coaching".
I guess I will go scout and watch the game later on Hudl.
Pretty disappointing because my name has been slandered and libeled by many people and this is something that hurts my pride more than anything.
And I'm frustrated because I see many rules being broken and nothing for those schools.
