Hall of Fame Inductees, by Year . Search by Name

Denny Fuehrer - Norfolk

Johnny Goodman - Omaha South

Bobby Ginn - Madison

Ed Husmann - Ogallala

Steve Hokuf - Crete

Duane Haith - Omaha

Mike Iseman - Fremont

Charles "Deacon" Jones - Boys Town

Ray Knaub - Scottsbluff

Jason "Bump" Novacek - Gothenburg

Father Patrick O'Byrne - Hastings St. Cecilia/Wahoo Neumann

Myron Oehlerking - Lincoln East

George Pfeifer - Boys Town

Louise Pound - Lincoln UNL Latin School

Vern Plambeck - Kearney

Dennis Smith - Papillion

Jodi Stineman Emsick - Lincoln Southeast

Kathy Travis Miiller - Lincoln Christian

Ernie Wach - Bartley

Angie Wilson - Lincoln Southeast

Leroy A. Zentic - Lincoln East

2006

Coach. A graduate of North Loup High School, Ken Cook began coaching in 1959 at Trumbull, went to Douglas and landed in Adams for a career spanning six decades, most of which was spent at Adams then Freeman High School. In coaching football, he has a 260-94-3 career record that includes three state championships, four runners-up; 12 undefeated regular seasons, 12 state playoff teams and 14 conference championships. In basketball, he coached five girls state championships, three state runners-up and 16 state tournament appearances while posting a record of 626-147. When combined with his years of coaching boys basketball, he has a 732-234 record, amassing the most victories by any basketball coach in the state of Nebraska. In track, he coached two state runners-up (88-89), four district championships and four district runners-up teams. He is a High School Coach of the Year winner, an inductee into the University of Nebraska at Kearney Athletic Hall of Fame, an all-star game head coach and twice a national coach of the year finalist.   In 2008 Coach Cook was selected the National Coaches Association Girls Basketball Coach of the year.  He helped form Eight-Man Football Association and started eight-man football all-state game. High School: North Loup. College: Kearney State.