Cradle of Coaches

Rich Voiers

  • Position Basketball
  • Custom1 2001
  • Custom2 While at Miami, Voiers helped the track and field program to four Mid-American Conference titles from 1954 to 1957. After graduating, he began teaching and coaching track at Bay High School, where he later served as head basketball coach for 31 seasons starting in 1963. Voiers guided the team to 14 league titles, 13 sectionals, three district championships, three regional appearances, and a regional runner-up finish in 1989. His teams had undefeated regular seasons in 1977 and 1989. He was named Coach of the Year 13 times in the Southwestern Conference, four times in Cleveland, twice in Northeast Ohio, and earned state recognition as Ohio Coach of the Year in Division II in 1989.

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