HOOP HISTORIANS
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   MEET THE HOOP HISTORIANS
   
 

  JOE SPAGNOLO

Residence:   Lombard, Illinois
Birthday:  February 24
Final Fours Attended: (27) -- 1992, 1997-2019, 2021
-2023
Charter Member of the Hoop Historians since 1999

 
  
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Joe is the Executive Director of the Hoop Historians responsible for the day-to-day operations of the group.  A coach, official and athletic administrator for over 30 years, Spagnolo currently serves as an assistant basketball coach at Hinsdale Central High School in suburban Chicago.  Joe has been the tournament manager of the Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic since the event's inception in 2015.  Joe was the former director of the prestigious Proviso West Holiday Basketball Tournament for parts of four decades.  "Spags" coached five different sports at his alma mater and coached athletes there that would later play in the NBA, the NFL.  Joe officiated high school and collegiate basketball for over 40 years and has served as a certified basketball official and state clinician for the Illinois High School Association and an Observer in the Big East Conference for womens' basketball.  For his many endeavors, he was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2010.


Click Here for Joe Spagnolo's NCAA Tournament Game Log



 

 

  
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Hoop Historians Biographies:    Fred Allman - Larry Baker - Guy Baldwin - Steve Bennett - Al Benninger - Brian Burmeister - Judi Caldwell - Bill Carsley - Hersh Cherson - Donny Daniels - Dave DeGrace - Dennis DeGraff - Matt DeGraff - Gary DePerry - Cal Dilworth - Ebony Donahue - Doug Erickson - Joe Flaherty - David Fray - Don Fromknecht - Bill Gappy - John Genova - Carrie Gibbons - Mike Gibbons - Jim Harrick - Billy T Haynes - Roland Hemond - Larry Holley - Dave Holmquist - Bob Hutchings - Pat Irvine - Bill Jauss - Mike Johnson - Mike Kerry - Dorothy Kim - Surl Kim - Neil King - Joseph Klebon - Steve Lavin - Les Lombardi - Joseph Lyons - Don MacKay - Nancy MacKay - Joe Makowski - Martin Makowski - Daniel MarinkovichJim Martin - David Mateer - John Mayberry - John McCann - John P McCann - Kevin McCann - Dennis Mishko - Dennis Mishko Jr - Jillian Mishko - Samantha Mishko - Ted Murphy - Ron Newton - Marianne Parrillo - Bren Petar - Ted Reineking - Jimmy Rogers - Mike Rossman - Al Sack - Darren Sack - Rick Schabowski - Richie Schueler Larry Seitlin - Danette Shirley - Joe Spagnolo - Bob Stan - Paul Swanson - Tom Tallarito - Rose Tate - John Tierney - Steve Traktman - Dick Triptow - Vern Vegso - Jerry Wainwright - Gordon Welch - Frank Wilson - Jenna Wright - Raymond Zebro - Bruce Ziemer