Faust-hands down. I saw them play the first game of the season last year and they were awful. They were a completely different team by the All A 7 weeks later. He does more, with the talent he has, year in and year out.

I agree that Coach Faust is top notch. If he had the talent year in & year out that Holmes & CovCath does, he would definitely have more than the 1 regional championship he currently owns.

And the 2 regional championships that Coach L currently owns? :sssh:

Says who? Many including me would disagreee. Does he have the most talent year in year out? yeah. Is he the best coach???? Questionable. I like Faust as #1 but that is being biased.

 

I also like Mike Code as the next best coach in NKY. Then Henley, then Schlarman, then Jim Hicks at Conner. Then possibly my 6th pick as a coach would be Mike Listerman.

 

But I still like a lot of the young coaches around also....Sullivan will be good eventually when he gets some talent, Carr is going to pay off eventually, and Trent Stiener also is a good coach at SK.

 

People in Boone Co don't like what McQueary is doing but, all the coaches in the region seem to have his back and respect everything he has done also.

 

NKY is loaded with some good coaches.

 

 

Well, you are certainly biased. I am a Highlands fan and I am actually stating I think the CCH coach is the best. But is just my opinion also.

 

I do like Code but he is 10th region and probably the best over there.

 

I do like Faust and actually wasnt thinking about him at the time. I would put him a close #3.

 

I do like Code but he is 10th region and probably the best over there.

 

 

Talk about biased, he isn't even in the top 5. The 9th Region fans are really going to see some good HS BB when the 10th plays at NKU.:lol:

Call me a homer, but I will take the guy that has dad his team playing on Saturday at Rupp the pst two years. When was the last time a ninth region coach did that?

If I had a son, and he wanted to play baseketball there is no one I would rather have him play for than Coach L.

 

I love when some say "Does he have the most talent year in year out? yeah.

 

So, how many Ninth Region Championship has CovCath won? Eight

So how many other Coaches from CovCath other than Mote and Coach L have won the Ninth Region? One

 

So if CovCath has had all this talent year in and year out, then why did all the other combined coaches from 1972 until 2000 win only one Ninth Region Title between them? Can we say maybe that those Coaches weren't as good as Mote or Coach L!

 

CovCath History of Coaches and their records

COACH			YEARS	RECORD			PERCENTAGE
Bob Hebbeler			1944-1946	21-24			.467
Ed Kennedy			1946-1948	35-15			.700
Art Bohman			1948-1954	54-76			.415
Bob Naber			1954-1963	155-106			.594
Mote Hils			1963-1971	195-52			.789 5 Titles
Dick Maile			1971-1975	66-46			.589
George Schneider			1975-1985	164-122			.573
Dan Tieman			1985-2000	315-146			.683 1 Titles
Mike Listerman			2001 - Present	186-55			.772 2 Titles

Call me a homer, but I will take the guy that has dad his team playing on Saturday at Rupp the past two years. When was the last time a ninth region coach did that?

 

 

I think while your current coach who is a good one, he has quite a while to go to reach Mote Hils and his five straight.

 

Ninth Region Conservative Titles

 

Carrolton 24-25-26

Danville 32-33-34-35-36

Dayton 43-44

Newport 54-55

Covington Grant 58-59

CovCath 67-68-69-70-71 Mote Hils

NewCath 73-74-75

Cov Holmes 76-77-78

Highlands 82-83

Highlands 86-87

Highlands 97-98-99

Edited July 30, 200818 yr by Theoldguy

And the 2 regional championships that Coach L currently owns? :sssh:

 

I have always praised Coach Listerman and think he is a very good coach, but let's face facts that he has had a lot more talent to choose from than Coach Faust has.

 

IMO: Coach Faust is just as good as Listerman and Henley.

Dave Faust, hands down is the best coach in the 9th region!!!!!

 

BY far the best coach. The things he does with the very limited players, is amzing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HANDS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!

I have always praised Coach Listerman and think he is a very good coach, but let's face facts that he has had a lot more talent to choose from than Coach Faust has.

 

IMO: Coach Faust is just as good as Listerman and Henley.

 

I'm with you. :thumb:

Who is the Coach of Cov. Cath's Boys team? How long has he coached and what kind of record? Persoanal opinions on how good against competition in his area and role model.

 

Mike Listerman is the coach. He has been coaching basketball since the 70's and has been on the sidelines with some pretty good teams; both as an assistant and a head coach.

 

He has been the head coach at Covington Catholic since 2000 - 2001 season. He was a varsity assistant and JV head coach at Cov Cath for some 17 years (give or take a few) before he took over for Coach Dan Tieman. He is a religious, family man and truly cares about his players (present & past).

 

There are always debates over his coaching style & postseason success; however, you'll never hear one peep about his character and passion (about Cov Cath, basketball, family, etc.). People joke about how he sweats & jumps on the sidelines, but he'll give you the shirt off of his back on a cold day just as quickly as he'll put his arm around a referee.

 

He surrounds himself with people who are successful as well, which is, IMO, one of his biggest assets.

 

When your critics biggest complaint is that he should have won more with the talent he's had, yet he's won as much as anybody, you must be doing something right.

As far as being a role model, I don't think you can find a better one in a coach in the state. Coach Listerman is a hard working individual who puts others first. And that includes running basketball camps for under-privileged kids from having his team perform community service, to name a few.

I'm not gonna say much (hopefully) because I offend too many people.

 

I am a former player (very recent). I received plenty of playing time (I am not jealous) and my parents are big Coach L supporters (I am not the mouthpiece of my parents's complaints).

 

Coach L is a good man, and he tries harder than anyone out there, which makes it difficult to publicly criticize him. But my experiences in his system were not all positive, as a lot of people like to portray. Many former and current players are in agreement with me.

Just an observation......all the coaches mentioned are "good" coaches in someones eyes, however many times I think some of the better coaches also include the ones from smaller schools who get little recognition, but get a ton out of what they have (a couple that come to mind are Dilts and Vandermeer) Thus, my pick would include Fausz, who somewhat fits that "smaller school" description. JMO

 

Says who? Many including me would disagreee. Does he have the most talent year in year out? yeah. Is he the best coach???? Questionable. I like Faust as #1 but that is being biased.

 

I also like Mike Code as the next best coach in NKY. Then Henley, then Schlarman, then Jim Hicks at Conner. Then possibly my 6th pick as a coach would be Mike Listerman.

 

But I still like a lot of the young coaches around also....Sullivan will be good eventually when he gets some talent, Carr is going to pay off eventually, and Trent Stiener also is a good coach at SK.

 

People in Boone Co don't like what McQueary is doing but, all the coaches in the region seem to have his back and respect everything he has done also.

 

NKY is loaded with some good coaches.

I'm not gonna say much (hopefully) because I offend too many people.

 

I am a former player (very recent). I received plenty of playing time (I am not jealous) and my parents are big Coach L supporters (I am not the mouthpiece of my parents's complaints).

 

Coach L is a good man, and he tries harder than anyone out there, which makes it difficult to publicly criticize him. But my experiences in his system were not all positive, as a lot of people like to portray. Many former and current players are in agreement with me.

 

No doubt about it - Coach L is far from perfect; however, the further removed from your playing days you get the more respect you will have for him.

 

With that said, he has plenty of flaws as an X's & O's coach. But, he runs a clean program and teaches his team a lot more than about basketball. Which, in the grand scheme of things, is the most important aspect of coaching high school basketball, IMO.