May 23, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — "I couldn't be more excited," says Mike Howland, a 2002 graduate of DePauw University, who was today introduced as the new boys basketball coach at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, his high school alma mater. He replaces Joe Majkowski, who retired after 24 years pacing the baseline. "I've always had this dream of taking the program over when Joe was
done," says Howland. "And now it's here. I feel like I'm ready." (at left: Majkowski and Howland, courtesy Chicago Daily Herald)
As a high school junior, Howland helped Viator win a share of the
East Suburban Catholic Conference titlein 1996-97. "Howland went on to be a standout player at DePauw University in
Greencastle, Ind.," reports the Chicago Daily Herald's Marty Maciaszek. "He played alongside Brad Stevens, who has coached
Butler University to NCAA runner-up finishes the last two years."
Read more at the newspaper's website.
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