Stillman girls basketball coach named Coach of the Year         

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Stillman Valley varsity girls basketball coach Bobby Mellon was named Coach of the year by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association. Shown here, Mellon with his proud family.

Stillman Valley High School’s Varsity Girls’ Basketball Head Coach, Bobby Mellon, has been announced as 2023 Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year.

Mellon has coached at Stillman since 2010 and has been the head coach since 2014. This season his team had a 28-7 record, winning the Forreston Thanksgiving Tournament and the Carroll Regional to advance to the sectional semi-final game.

He has a career win/loss record of 169-89 and won the Regional title in 2015 and 2017 and the Sectional title in 2017 making it to the “Elite 8.”
The Award Winners will be formally announced at the Coach of the Year Luncheon at Redbird Arena on May 6.
Stillman Valley High School Activitites Director, Heather Alderks, states, “I am so proud to learn that Coach Mellon has been honored by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association as a nominee for 1A/2A Coach of the Year. He is an outstanding coach, who has the unique ability to connect with his players, while getting the most of them on the court.”