Hall of Fame: L to R; Mike Roysland, Richard Newman, Luke Winans, Shawn Naas, Robert "Bob" Schueller
2025 MBCA Hall of Honor Inductees
The MBCA Hall of Honor has been established to honor those persons who have helped to improve/promote/and or serve basketball in Minnesota. Honorees have been longtime supporters of their local teams or have given outstanding service to the game of basketball. Awards are given in four categories: Officials, Media, Coach - Head/Assistant, and Friend of Basketball. Hall Of Honor inductees can be nominated by a MBCA member, the MBCA Executive Board, or the MBCA Hall of Fame committee.
The following individuals will be inducted as members of the MBCA Hall of Honor in 2025: Matt Bare, Friend of Basketball; Jim Birkemeyer, Media; Ron Groth, Official; Brad Johnson, Friend of Basketball; Doug Johnson, Official; Steve Makowske, Official; John Otto, Coach; Neil Tesdahl, Coach
MBCA Hall of Fame
| Year | Coach | School |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Shawn Ness | Mountain Lake |
| Rich Newman | Barnum | |
| Robert "Bob" Schueller | Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Browerville | |
| Mike Roysland | Win-E-Mac, Fosston | |
| Luke Winans | Mountain Iron-Buhl | |
| 2024 | Kris Fadness | Austin, Caledonia |
| Tom McDonald | Ely | |
| Wade Grinde | Spring Grove | |
| Neil Steffes | Fertile-Beltrami | |
| Jay Frydenlund | East Grand Forks | |
| 2023 | Mike Devaney | Esko, Dltuh Denfeld, Carlton |
| Mike McDonald | Cambridge-Isant | |
| Charles Portis | St. Paul Highland Park | |
| Mike Sjoberg | St. Thomas Academy, Hastings | |
| Mark Torgerson | Morris | |
| Kurt Virgin | Eagan, Apple Valey, Claremont | |
| 2022 | Dave Cresap | Perham |
| Dick Ghizoni | St. Agnes, Hill Murray, Mpls. Southwest | |
| Grant Guzy | Spring Lake Park, Columbia Heights | |
| Pete Petrich | Red Wing | |
| Vern Simmons | St. Paul Johnson | |
| Jeff Wall | Anoka, Maranatha Christian Acedemy, Mpls. Patrick Henry, Irondale | |
| 2019 | Tim Anderson | Maple RIver/Mankato Loyola/Mankato West |
| Jim MacDonald | Fridley | |
| Dave Montbriand | Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa | |
| Dave Thorson | DelaSalle | |
| 2018 | Randy Carlson | Belle Plaine |
| Jerry Wieme | Kenyon-Wanamingo | |
| Jerry Wohler | Bird Island-Lake Lillian | |
| Kraig Ulveling | Red Wing | |
| 2017 | Skip Dolan | |
| Ray Ross | ||
| Kerry Linbo | ||
| Ron Vorwald | ||
| Terry Knothe | ||
| 2016 | Mark Klingsporn | Tartan |
| Rich Odell | Virginia | |
| John Oxton | Lakeville North | |
| Steve Philion | Red Lake County Central/Clearbook-Gonvick | |
| 2015 | John Carlson | Litchfield |
| Lyle Muth | Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop | |
| Neal Oscarson | Henning/Deer Creek | |
| Jack Peterson | Cambridge-Isanti | |
| 2014 | Gary Holmseth | Blue Earth Area |
| John Holsten | Alexandria, Brandon-Evansville, Glenwood | |
| Larry McKenzie | Mpls. Patrick Henry, Mpls. North, Academy of Holy Angels | |
| Dean Schnaible | Adrian | |
| 2013 | Laurin Carroll | Luverne |
| Vern Johnson | Grygla-Gatzke | |
| Ken Novak Jr. | Hopkins | |
| Bob Vaughan | Braham | |
| 2012 | Franz Boelter | Bethlehem Acaademy |
| Ron Causton | St. Paul Highland Park | |
| Don Roberts | Simley | |
| Bruce Young | Long Prairie/Grey Eagle | |
| 2011 | 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 | |
| 2010 | Bill Baumann | North Branch |
| C.R. Chuck Gulsvig | Moorhead | |
| Bruce Kugath | Shakopee | |
| Jerry Litfin | Delano | |
| Roger "Shorty" Schroeder | Willmar | |
| 2009 | Dale Champ | Elbow Lake-Wendall |
| Randy Taylor | Martin County West | |
| Hib Hill | Robbinsdale | |
| Dave Vanderwerf | Dawson-Boyd | |
| Louie Mitteco | Totino-Grace | |
| 2008 | Al Bauman | Little Falls |
| Tom Ihnot | St. Thomas Academy/Cannon Falls | |
| Loren Marschel | Okabena | |
| Bob Nelson | Pine River-Backus | |
| Tom Vix | Rushford-Peterson | |
| 2007 | Cal Hoekstra | Southwest Minnesota Christian |
| Dave Galovich | Crosby-Ironton | |
| Merrill Skinner | Howard Lake-Waverly / Winstead | |
| Eldon Sparby | Badger-Greenbush-Middle River | |
| Bob Torgrimson | Redwood Falls / Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton | |
| 2006 | Wayne Hasz | Lester Prairie |
| Rich Hup | Fulda | |
| Greg Starns | Minnewaska/Starbuck | |
| Coopen Johnson | Esko | |
| Dave Tonolli | Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton | |
| 2005 | Al Andreotti | Hayfield/St. Cloud Tech |
| Dick Finck | Bertha- Hewitt | |
| Zig Kauls | Mounds View | |
| Daryl Oja | Melrose | |
| Marnold Ostby | Olivia | |
| 2004 | Ron Larson | St. Francis |
| Duane Mutschler | Stillwater | |
| Bill Quenette | Moorhead | |
| Roger Schaffer | Marshall | |
| Dennis Welter | Chaska | |
| 2003 | Rich Decker | Rochester Lourdes/Kenyon/Faribault BA |
| Jim Galvin | White Bear Lake | |
| Dave Johnson | Barnesville/Mankato East | |
| Lynn Peterson | Staples-Motley | |
| Wally Trochlil | Elk River | |
| 2002 | Wally Brunswold | Rochester Mayo |
| Len Olson | Duluth East/Owatonna | |
| Julius Perlt | University of Minnesota P.A. | |
| Merv Sheplee | New Prague | |
| Ron Ueland | Marshall County Central | |
| 2001 | Br. Mike Glidden | Onamia Crosier |
| Warren Keller | Argyle/Warroad | |
| Ted Pelzl | Ellendale/NRHEG | |
| Gary Schuler | Fergus Falls/Warren | |
| Dave Tank | Anoka | |
| 2000 | Tom Critchley | Hawley/Roseville |
| Louis C. Deere | Kennedy/Kittson Central | |
| Del Schiffler | Melrose/Woodbury | |
| Jerry Snyder | Lake City | |
| Ray Stinar | Mahnomen/East Grand Forks | |
| 1999 | Oscar Haddorf | Austin |
| Ron Hested | Fairmont | |
| Steve Kjorness | Westbrook-Walnut Grove | |
| Darrell Kreun | Sibley East | |
| Mike Morrissey | Faribault Radio | |
| 1998 | Bob Brink | Cold Spring Rocori |
| Jerry Chiabotti | Bigfork | |
| Joe Odonovich | Alexander Ramsey/C-I | |
| Ed Prohofsky | Marshall University | |
| Dick Wiebusch | Zumbrota | |
| 1997 | Dennis Anderson | Frazee |
| Dick Beetsch | Red Wing | |
| Ron Cadwell | Columbia Heights | |
| L.C. "Whitey" Thoreson | Mpls. Central | |
| Laurel "Baldy" Waldahl | Verndale / Wadena | |
| 1996 | Bob Erdman | Roseville Area |
| Jack Kelly | Windom | |
| Richard Olson | Edgerton/Virginia | |
| Dick Jonckowski | Shakopee/Chaska Radio | |
| 1995 | Walter Chapman | Minneapolis Marshall |
| George Embretson | Montgomery | |
| Larry Holverson | Alexandria Media | |
| M. Kenneth Novak | Hopkins | |
| 1994 | Leonard Espeland | Granite Falls |
| Jack Evens | Bloomington Jefferson | |
| Len Horyza | Cretin-Derham Hall | |
| William "Bill" King | Orr | |
| 1993 | Russ Adamson | Willmar |
| Manny Beckmann | Waseca | |
| Wayne Courtney | Minneapolis Roosevelt | |
| Rex Haugen | Pelican Rapids | |
| 1992 | Gerald Keenan | St. Paul Harding |
| Steve Kerzie | Gilbert | |
| Marsh Nelson | Duluth Radio & TV | |
| Bill Wanamaker | Anoka | |
| 1991 | Duane Baglien | Edina/Fergus Falls |
| Bruce Bennett | Duluth News & Tribune | |
| Lloyd Carlson | McIntosh/Winger | |
| Ken Fladager | South St. Paul | |
| 1990 | Ralph Anderson | Detroit Lakes Tribune |
| A.J. Kramer | Roseau | |
| Steve Lipp | Breckenridge | |
| Bob McDonald | Chisholm | |
| Angelo "Angie" Pergol | Cloquet/Hibbing/Duluth | |
| 1989 | Irv St. John | Duluth East |
| Larry Selk | East Grand Forks | |
| John (Blackie) Varriano | Dilworth | |
| Allan Wold | John Marshall/Faribault | |
| 1988 | Rod Black | Danube |
| Ralph Boline | Fosston | |
| Loran Eickhoff | Brooklyn Center | |
| Hugo H. Goehle | Hills Beaver Creek | |
| 1987 | Ted Peterson | Mpls. Star Tribune |
| Bill Selisker | Sauk Centre/Crosby Ironton | |
| Jack Stackpool | Glenwood | |
| Walt Williams | Minneapolis Southwest | |
| 1986 | Jerry Dahlberg | Croton Media |
| Glenn Hanna | Moorhead | |
| Jim Hastings | Duluth Central | |
| Fred Kellett | Brainerd | |
| Herman Woock | Crosby-Ironton | |
| 1985 | Odis LeGrand | Fergus Falls Radio/TV |
| Russell Maetzold | Hopkins | |
| Mario Retica | Hibbing | |
| Harvey Roels | Chisholm | |
| Louis Todnem | Mankato | |
| 1984 | Ove Berven | Austin |
| Clarence Fortier | Bemidji | |
| Lloyd Holm | St. Louis Park | |
| John Nett | Winona Cotter | |
| Jack Peck | Little Falls Media | |
| Hartvik Strand | Moorhead | |
| Lloyd Stussy | Wells |