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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly find 
3it fitting to pay respect and honor to former Head Coach Ron 
4Felling for his commitment to Illinois state sports and his 
5longtime career of teaching athletes; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Coach Felling coached basketball at Lawrenceville 
7High School and Indiana University; he has touched the lives 
8of countless players and continues to do so today; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Coach Felling served as the basketball coach, 
10baseball coach, football assistant coach, and athletic 
11director for Lawrenceville High School; he served as assistant 
12coach for four seasons and as the head coach for basketball for 
1316 seasons; he has one of the best records in the State of 
14Illinois for basketball, coaching to 388 victories against 77 
15losses in 16 years as head coach; he is a four-time Illinois 
16High School Association state championship coach, winning in 
171972, 1974, 1982, and 1983 and placing 3rd in 1976; he  won 12 
18Illinois High School Association regional titles, seven 
19Illinois High School Association sectional championships, and 
20five Illinois High School Association super-sectionals; his 
211982 and 1983 state championship teams went 68 and 0, a record 
22that still stands; and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, In 1982, Coach Felling was recognized by the 
2Illinois Basketball Coaches Association and inducted into the 
3Basketball Museum of Illinois; he was named the coach of the 
4year by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association and 
5Illinois Coaches Association and is a four-time Southern and 
6Central Illinois coach of the year; he was also selected as one 
7of the 100 Legends in Illinois High School Basketball; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Coach Felling played basketball at Indiana State 
9University in 1961 and was named as Indiana State University's 
10Outstanding Alumnus in 1974; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Coach Felling was hired as assistant coach by Bob 
12Knight at Indiana University in 1985, serving for 14 years; 
13during which time, the team won the 1987 National Collegiate 
14Athletics Association National Championship, finished in two 
15final fours, and won four Big Ten regular-season titles and an 
16Olympic Gold Medal; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Coach Felling's career in coaching spanned nearly 
1840 years; after his retirement, he hosted summer shooting 
19camps for athletes in several states and was asked to speak in 
20several clinics across the country; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, Coach Felling lives in Bloomington, Indiana with 
22his wife, Cammy; he  has three children, six grandchildren, and 
 
 
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1three great-grandchildren; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Coach Felling's former players and companions 
3wish to provide him with this honor; therefore, be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
5HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
6SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Illinois Route 1 
7from North 950 Street to the intersection of U.S. Route 50 and 
8Illinois Route 1 as the "Coach Ron Felling Highway"; and be it 
9further
 
10    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation 
11is requested to erect, at suitable locations consistent with 
12State and federal regulations, appropriate signs giving notice 
13of the name "Coach Ron Felling Highway", along with the years 
14of the state championships, 1972, 1974, 1982, 1983, and the 
153rd place finish in 1976 noted on all appropriate signage; and 
16be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
18presented to Coach Felling and the Secretary of 
19Transportation.