Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame

Visiting New Castle for Semi-State? Stop by the @HoopsHall! Extended Hours: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM FREE ADMISSION (Thanks to our partner Henry Community Health!) Make your #HoosierHysteria weekend complete. See you there! 🏀

Grateful to have played for newly induced @HoopsHall Hall of Fame Coach Marty Johnson. Coach - The impact you’ve had on my life and the way you’ve always been there for me & my family means everything. Thank you! Congratulations, well deserved!

🏀Congratulations to Marion Giant Jay Edwards! Jay has been inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, Class of 2026. Jay continues to contribute to the Marion Giants as he is a guest commentator on Marion Giants TV/Youtube. Well deserved Video provided by @iscsportsnet

Honored to be attending tonight’s ⁦@HoopsHall⁩ Men’s Awards Dinner! Congratulations to this year’s 64th Induction Class and Silver Anniversary Team! 🏀 #In49States #IndianasGame

On this date 65 years ago, Kokomo was crowned the hoop kings of Indiana! The Wildkats defeated Indianapolis Manual 68-66 in the @IHSAA1 Boys Basketball State Championship Game at the Butler Fieldhouse thanks to a winning free throw by Ron Hughes in overtime. It is still the only boys basketball state title for the Kats! ❤️💙🏆#LegacyMatters #OnwardKokomo @Kats_Principal @KHS_KatsBball @KHS_AD @CoachDSchauss @KokomoSchools @BGaskinsKT @ChrisLowry_PBP @JayStephens07 @deverhart00 @KyleNeddenriep @gregrakestraw @JohnRHarrell @IndSportsTalk

The 64th Induction Ceremony of the @HoopsHall begins in ten minutes at 7:00 PM EST! You can stream the event here: iscsportsnetwork.com/events/2026-me… courtesy of @iscsportsnet!

Another special moment as Silver Anniversary team members sign commemorative HOF basketballs for each-other! 🏀 Picture (L-R): Cris Brunson of Evansville Reitz, Lonnie Randolph of Merrillville, and Dennis Coutee of Jeffersonville.

Induction Day brings a lot of special moments but there is nothing like seeing our inductees walk these halls with the people who supported them every step of the way. We love having families and friends here to share in this special moment and explore the new inductee cases! 🏆❤️

Now that’s how you show up to a reception! 🏆 2026 Silver Anniversary Honoree Will Caudle of Warren Central repping a custom @HoopsHall jersey today at the Induction Day reception!🔥 👏

Huge crowd, even bigger legends. 🌟 The reception is buzzing as we kick off Men’s Induction Day at the @HoopsHall! #IN49OtherStates | #BasketballLivesHere

A tremendous Bearcat, and now a Hall-of-Famer!!

Inductee Highlight | Howard Kellman 🎙️🏀 Howard Kellman, a 1970 graduate of Sheepshead Bay High School in Brooklyn, New York, is the Indiana Pacers 2026 Men’s Silver Medal inductee. He spent 35 seasons as the voice of WHMB-Channel 40’s high school Game of the Week (1990–2024), including 20 years calling the Hall of Fame Classic. Kellman is also the longtime voice of the @indyindians, a role he has held for 50 seasons since 1976. A cum laude graduate of Brooklyn College, he began broadcasting St. John’s basketball while still a student and later covered the Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees and Mets, MLB World Series, Indiana Pacers, and Indianapolis Colts for national and statewide outlets. His honors include the Marv Bates Award and induction into the Indiana Sportswriters & Sportscasters Hall of Fame, Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame, and Indiana Baseball Halls of Fame.

Inductee Highight | Ed Schilling, Jr. 🏀 Ed Schilling Jr., a 1984 Lebanon High School graduate has excelled as both a player and coach. A 6-foot-2 guard, he helped lead Lebanon to three sectional and three regional championships while earning honorable mention All-State honors and playing in the 1984 Thoroughbred Classic. Schilling continued his career at Miami University, where he set school records for career and single-game assists while totaling 474 points and 332 rebounds. He served as a two-year team captain and earned Academic All-MAC and CoSIDA Academic All-District honors. As a coach, Schilling compiled a 165–96 high school record with five sectional titles, three regionals, three semi-states, and two Class 2A state championships. He has also served as an assistant coach at Massachusetts, Memphis, UCLA, Indiana, Grand Canyon, and with the NBA’s New Jersey Nets, reaching the NCAA Tournament eight times.

Inductee Highlight | Robert Punter 🏀 Robert Punter, a 1965 DeMotte High School graduate, is best known for his 18 seasons as varsity boys’ basketball coach at Valparaiso High School, where he compiled a 302–117 record. His teams won nine Duneland Conference titles, nine sectional championships, two regionals, and one semi-state, highlighted by a 28–1 season and state runner-up finish in 1994. Punter coached four Indiana All-Stars, including 1994 Mr. Basketball Bryce Drew, a 2025 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, and earned multiple Coach of the Year honors during his career. A three-year letterman at DeMotte, Punter earned his bachelor’s degree from Indiana State and a master’s from Valparaiso University. He spent 38 years teaching and coaching in Valparaiso Schools, including time leading JV and middle school teams.

Inductee Highlight | Harry Larrabee 🏀 Harry Larrabee, a 1970 Indiana All-Star from Shelbyville, starred as a 5-foot-10 guard for the Golden Bears, scoring 1,390 career points and helping lead the program to three sectional titles while earning multiple all-conference honors. Larrabee continued his career at the University of Texas, totaling 899 points and 206 rebounds over three seasons. He helped the Longhorns win two Southwest Conference championships and reach the NCAA Tournament twice, earning all-SWC and NCAA all-region honors, serving twice as team captain, and receiving a 1974 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. He later built a successful coaching career, compiling a 341–271 record over 23½ seasons at the college and high school levels. His teams reached the NCAA Division II national tournament, and he earned five conference Coach of the Year honors, including 1992 NCAA Division II men’s national Coach of the Year.

Inductee Highlight | Marty Johnson 🏀 Marty Johnson, executive director of the @IBCA_Coaches, is best known for his 21 seasons as boys’ basketball coach at East Noble, where he compiled a 306–182 record. His teams captured seven sectional titles, two regionals, and six Northeast Hoosier Conference championships while he earned multiple All-Area and IBCA District Coach of the Year honors, including serving as head coach of the 1997 Indiana All-Stars. Johnson later coached at Whiteland, served as athletic director at Perry Meridian, and worked in administration for Perry Township Schools. He began his coaching career at Pendleton Heights and finished with a 359–238 varsity record across 26 seasons. A 1976 Highland High School graduate, Johnson starred collegiately at the University of Indianapolis, where he earned all-conference honors.

Inductee Highlight | Ronnie Horn 🏀 The late Ronnie Horn, a 6-foot-6 center from Mississinewa High School, was a dominant scorer in the late 1950s. As a senior he averaged 27.0 points per game and 16.5 as a junior, finishing with 1,050 points in just 55 games while earning multiple all-conference, all-county, and all-sectional honors. His standout performance included a career-high 43 points against Wabash in 1957. Horn continued his career at Indiana University in 1958–59 before serving in the U.S. Army, where he competed on the Armed Forces team. His play earned him recognition as an alternate for the 1960 U.S. Olympic Team and he was selected in the 1961 NBA Draft by the St. Louis Hawks. Horn went on to play professionally in the NBA, ABL, and ABA with the Hawks, Lakers, San Francisco Saints, Long Beach Chiefs, Trenton Colonials, Denver Rockets, and Binghamton Flyers, recording 91 points and 89 rebounds in 39 professional games.

Inductee Highlight | Cliff Hawkins 🏀 Cliff Hawkins, a 1972 Cascade High School graduate and 2004 Indiana All-Stars head coach, retired in 2025 after 44 varsity seasons and a 604–402 career record, including a 19–7 final year at Tipton. Best known for his 12-year run at DeKalb, Hawkins went 195–87 with six sectional titles, three regionals, a semi-state championship, and a 2003 Class 4A state runner-up finish. Across eight schools, his teams won 12 conference titles, eight conference tournaments, 12 sectionals, three regionals, and one semi-state. Hawkins coached eight 20-win teams, two Hall of Fame Classic titles, and future stars including 1997 Mr. Basketball Luke Recker, and All-Stars, Adam Liddell, and Andrew Smeathers.

Inductee Highlight | Rick Fox 🏀 Rick Fox, a 1987 Indiana All-Star and Warsaw High School graduate, excelled in two seasons with the Tigers before starring at the University of North Carolina and winning three NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. At Warsaw, he totaled 824 points and 498 rebounds, averaging 12.2 points as a sophomore and 21.1 as a junior, earning Indiana All-Star honors despite being ruled ineligible as a senior. At UNC, Fox scored 1,703 points, grabbed 594 rebounds, and collected 197 steals while helping the Tar Heels reach four NCAA Tournaments. He earned All-American, first-team All-ACC, and ACC Tournament MVP honors as a senior. Selected by Boston in the first round of the 1991 NBA Draft, Fox played 13 NBA seasons, amassing 8,966 points, 3,517 rebounds, and 2,649 assists in 930 games, including seven seasons with the Lakers.

Inductee Highlight | Richard “Boo” Ellis 🏀 The late Richard “Boo” Ellis, a 1962 Indiana All-Star from Indianapolis Crispus Attucks, helped lead the Tigers to two sectional titles while averaging 19.8 points and 17.1 rebounds as a senior. He starred at Trinidad Junior College and the University of New Mexico, earning NJCAA all-Region IX and first-team all-WAC honors, and helped the Lobos reach the 1964 NIT finals. Ellis later played professionally with the Camden Bullets and toured for three seasons with the Harlem Clowns.