FIVE NAMED FOR INDUCTION  TO MBCA HALL OF FAME

            The Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association has named five men who will be inducted into the MBCA Hall of Fame this October. The purpose of the MBCA Hall of Fame is to give special recognition to the people of Minnesota who have made significant contributions to promote high school basketball in the state via their achievements and service.

The 2011 inductees are:

·         Howard Bahn – Kimball

·         Dan Brink – St. Paul Central/St. Paul Como Park

·         Perry Doney – Hector/Wood Lake/Canby

·         Don Tangen – Glencoe-Silver Lake

·         Larry Weum – Robbinsdale Armstrong.    

The induction ceremonies will be held at the MBCA Hall of Fame Banquet on Sunday, October 30^th, 12:00 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis.

            Howard Bahn became the head boys basketball coach at Kimball in 1976 and spent the next 20 seasons as the leader of the Cubs program prior to retiring in 1996.  Howard’s career began as a head basketball coach, assistant football coach, and assistant track coach at Lutheran East  H.S., Cleveland, OH, in 1966.   During his 10 year tenure at Lutheran East, his teams won six conference titles and four District championships.  Coach Bahn led his Kimball teams to five Central Minnesota Conference titles, a District 20 championship and a Region 5 runner-up finish.  Bahn was named Central Minnesota Conference Coach of the Year in 1993 and District 20 Coach of the Year in 1984 and 1994.  Sixteen of his athletes went on to play college basketball and one played professionally.  He also served as an assistant football coach and assistant baseball coach at Kimball.  Howard retired after 30 seasons of coaching with an overall record of 388-231.   

Dan Brink spent the first six years of his coaching career, 1971-’77, as the head coach at Monroe H.S. in St. Paul.  In 1977, he moved to St. Paul Central and within two years won conference and region titles with a subsequent State Tournament runner-up finish and the Minutemen were on their way. During his 16 seasons at Central, the Minutemen won 12 conference titles, earned 7 Region championships resulting in State Tournament appearances, and compiled a 312-78 record.  Coach Brink left Central in 1993 to assume the position of Defensive Coordinator at St. Thomas University where he helped lead the Tommies to the DIII Final Four in 1994.  He returned to the high school ranks in 2002 when he assumed the head coaching position at Como Park H.S. and in his first year led the Cougars to a Region title and third place finish in the State Tournament.  His sixth and final season prior to his retirement resulted in a second State Tournament appearance for Como Park and was the 9^th time a Brink-led team earned that milestone.   Dan was recognized by his peers as Section Coach of the Year six times and conference COY 10 times.  He was also named WCCO State Coach of the Year and is a member of the Central Athletic Hall of Fame.  Coach Brink retired in 2008 with an overall record of 426-246. 

Perry Doney’s coaching career began in 1932 in South Shores, SD.  He spent ten years coaching in South Dakota before his career took a three year hiatus as he spent 1942-45 on the West Coast during WWII.   His legendary career as a coach of four sports began at Canby H.S. in 1945.  In 1948, he moved to Wood Lake where he spent the next 17 years as the head coach for basketball, football, baseball, and track.  His 1964 Wood Lake Warriors football team was the first team in Minnesota to go through a 10 game season undefeated, averaging an amazing 58.3 ppg while only giving up 93 during the course of the season.  His Warrior basketball teams were legendary for upsetting a #1 ranked Marshall team three times in tournament play and he coached three 1,000 point scorers in the “50’s and employed a “match-up zone” at a time when the term was yet to be defined.  Coach Doney’s Wood Lake teams were 240-116, a winning percentage of 68%, during his 17 seasons there.  Perry returned to his hometown of Hector and led them to their first ever District 12 title in 1968.   He finished his basketball coaching career at Hector after the 1970 season.  Doney was a Merit Award recipient of the MBCA and is a charter member of the Northern State Athletic Hall of Fame.  Coach Doney passed away in 1989.

            Don Tangen has coached basketball at Glencoe/Glencoe-Silver Lake for 34 years and just completed the 40^th season of a coaching career that began at Murdock H.S. in 1977. His Glencoe-Silver Lake teams won Wright County Conference titles in 1994 and 1995 and Coach Tangen led seven Glencoe/GSL teams to Section titles and State Tournament appearances during three different decades.  Don’s coaching achievements earned him recognition from his peers as he was the recipient of multiple Conference Coach of the Year and Section Coach of the Year honors.  Coach Tangen was selected and participated as a coach in the 2001 MBCA All Star Series.  Don is a member of the 400 win club and has compiled an overall record of 495-405.  He is a lifetime member of the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association and served as President of the MSHSCA in 2009.  Coach Tangen has also coached football at Murdock, Glencoe, and Glencoe-Silver Lake for 40 seasons.