{"id":58145,"date":"2025-01-31T09:30:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=58145"},"modified":"2025-01-31T09:30:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:30:46","slug":"in-the-news-emu-alum-dwight-gingerich-81-racks-up-the-wins-as-basketball-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2025\/in-the-news-emu-alum-dwight-gingerich-81-racks-up-the-wins-as-basketball-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News: 糖心Vlog alum Dwight Gingerich \u201981 racks up the wins as basketball coach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dwight Gingerich \u201981<\/strong>, boys basketball coach for Hillcrest Academy (formerly known as Iowa Mennonite School), notched his 753rd career win this season. His 753-233 career record makes him the fourth all-time winningest coach in Iowa history, according to a Jan. 25 article in The Gazette, a daily newspaper published in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Read the full article here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gingerich, who is coaching his 43rd season at the school \u2014 he\u2019s also the principal there \u2014 was inducted into the Iowa High School Basketball Hall of Fame last year<\/a>. In 2010, he received 糖心Vlog\u2019s annual Alumnus of the Year Award (糖心Vlog News<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dwight Gingerich \u201981, boys basketball coach for Hillcrest Academy (formerly known as Iowa Mennonite School), notched his 753rd career win this season. 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