After 33 years, Kreiger parts ways with Columbia City to take coaching position at Canterbury High School
By Andrew Ferrell
Come November, a new girls' basketball coach will be court side at Columbia City High School.
Hall of Fame coach Wayne Kreiger has resigned as Columbia City Lady Eagles head coach to take on an assistant head coaching position at Fort Wayne's Canterbury High School, where his son Scott Kreiger is the current head coach.
During his 33-year reign as head coach at Columbia City, Kreiger donned a 520-222 record, a .701 winning percentage. He gathered 16 sectional titles, 8 regional titles, 1 semi-state championship, and a State finals runner-up in 2000.
Kreiger was inducted into the Indiana Womens Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006, where he was the third most winning coach in Indiana's Womens high school basketball; Kreiger is currently the fifth most winning coach.
Kreiger also added assistant coach for the Indiana All-Star Team and coach for the Jr. All Star Team to his list of accomplishments, as well as the Claude Wolf Coach of the Year Award in 2005 from Manchester College.
Prior to taking over the girls' coaching job in 1977, Kreiger was also the Columbia City boys' head coach for two years. News of Kreiger's resignation came as a surprise to many Whitley County sports fans who view him as an almost legendary figure in local basketball history.
Kreiger's resignation as Columbia City High School head girls' basketball coach was effective July 14.
Come November, a new girls' basketball coach will be court side at Columbia City High School.
Hall of Fame coach Wayne Kreiger has resigned as Columbia City Lady Eagles head coach to take on an assistant head coaching position at Fort Wayne's Canterbury High School, where his son Scott Kreiger is the current head coach.
During his 33-year reign as head coach at Columbia City, Kreiger donned a 520-222 record, a .701 winning percentage. He gathered 16 sectional titles, 8 regional titles, 1 semi-state championship, and a State finals runner-up in 2000.
Kreiger was inducted into the Indiana Womens Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006, where he was the third most winning coach in Indiana's Womens high school basketball; Kreiger is currently the fifth most winning coach.
Kreiger also added assistant coach for the Indiana All-Star Team and coach for the Jr. All Star Team to his list of accomplishments, as well as the Claude Wolf Coach of the Year Award in 2005 from Manchester College.
Prior to taking over the girls' coaching job in 1977, Kreiger was also the Columbia City boys' head coach for two years. News of Kreiger's resignation came as a surprise to many Whitley County sports fans who view him as an almost legendary figure in local basketball history.
Kreiger's resignation as Columbia City High School head girls' basketball coach was effective July 14.