Induction Year: 1989

Born In Jerome, Arizona on September 7, 1926.
Educated in Jerome schools graduating from Jerome High School in 1944. Attended Arizona State College graduating in 1949.

COACHING CAREER
Started coaching at Wilson Junior High School in Oxnard in 1952. Also coached at Haydock Junior High School and Camarillo High School before coming to Santa Clara High School in 1958.

C.I.F.-S.S. Basketball Championships 1959, 60, 61, 63, 64, 80, 81, 83, 85, 89, 90 (Div. 2AA), 91 (Div. IVAA), 92 (Div. IVAA), 97 (Div. VAA), 99 (Div.VAA)

C.I.F.-S.S. Regional Champions Division IV 1989, 90 (Div. IV), 91 (Div. IV), 92, 99 (Div. V)

C.I.F.- State Champions Division IV 1989, Division IV 1999

C.I.F.S.S. – Regional Champions Division II 1983

C.I.F. State Championship Division Il Runner-up 1983, 92 Division IV Runner-up

C.I.F.-S.S. – Football Championships 1963, 1965

C.I.F.-S.S. – Baseball Championship 1960

Frontier League Championships Basketball 1967, 68, 69, 76, 79, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89

Frontier League Championships Football 1966, 67, 68

Tri-Valley League Championships Basketball 1958, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65

Tri-Valley League Championships Football 1958, 61, 63, 65

Tri-valley League Championships Baseball 1959, 60, 63, 65

Tri-Valley League Championship Track 1963

C.I.F.-S.S. – 1A Basketball Coach of the Year 1959, 61, 63, 64, 80, 81, 83

C.I.F.-S.S. 2A Basketball Coach of the Year 1985, 89

Tri-Valley League Basketball Coach of the Year 1959, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65

Frontier League Basketball Coach of the Year 1967, 68, 69, 76, 79, 80, 82, 83, 85, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99

Ventura County Basketball Coach of the Year 1979, 1985

Ventura County All-Star Game Coach 1979, 1981

Catholic High School Basketball Coach of the Year 1985

Paul Harris Fellow Award 1985

829-247 overall record. Retired after the 1998-99 season as the state’s winningest boys basketball coach.

Cvijanovich won 30 league championships, 15 section titles and state titles in 1989 and 1999.

Named to California Coaches Association Hall of Fame (1998), National High School Hall of Fame (1997)

Born December 29, 1922 in Oakland, California. Educated in private elementary schools in Rome, Italy, Glion, Switzerland, and Los Angeles, California.

Graduated from Thacher School in Ojai, California.

Excelled at tennis at Thacher where he was captain and won the school championship in 1940.

Coached Thacher School tennis teams since 1955.

Won C.I.F. championships in 1955, 1957, 1958, 1971, 1972, 1983 and 1984.

His team placed second in C.I.F. 1956, 1973, 1981 and 1982.

Served on the Yale Committee for enrollments and scholarships.

President of the local chapter of the National Cum Laude Society.

Member of the Ojai Music Festival board of directors.

Chairman History Department Thacher School – 22 years.

Member of the board of the Ojai Valley Tennis Club since 1955.

Vice President Ojai Valley Tennis Club since 1963.

Official referee – Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament, 1984, 1986

Director of the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament since 1958, the oldest tournament west of the Mississippi River.

A role model and teacher of sportsmanship, good citizenship and fine tennis for young men and women for over 34 years.

The hat shown in the above photo has become a symbol, and worn to more than 20 years of tournaments.

Born in Fillmore, California April 16, 1915. Educated in Fillmore schools graduating from Fillmore High School in 1933.

Attended Ventura College, University of San Francisco, graduating from Santa Barbara State in 1938.

Excelled in football, basketball and track at Fillmore High School.

First ‘T’ formation quarterback In Ventura County while playing for Coach Red Kennedy at Fillmore High School.

Excelled in football, basketball and track at Ventura College. In football he played ‘T’ formation quarterback for Coach Joe Buckmaster. In basketball he was the second leading scorer in the conference. Selected all-conference at forward. Ran the 880 in track.

Santa Barbara State competed in football, basketball and track. Elected captain and Most Valuable Player of the basketball team in his senior year.

Received the C.I.F. Merit Award for contribution to basketball.

After college played and coached A.A.U. basketball.

Coached basketball at Fillmore High School for 17 years. Won Frontier League championship 5 of 6 years.

Basketball teams of 1952 and 1954 placed fourth in C.I.F.

Co-founder of the Fillmore Basketball Tournament.

Palmer was one of the outstanding officials of the Ventura Officials Association, and was frequently assigned to officiate C.I.F. championship basketball games.

Born in 1890 at Kansas City, Kansas.

Attended Santa Paula High School where he excelled in track competing in the sprints, shot put, pole vault, hurdles and the hammer throw.

National Y.M.C.A. Discus Champion, 130 ft.

Enrolled in his junior year of high school at U.S.C. Academy. The rules permitted members of U.S.C. Academy to compete on U.S.C.’s varsity teams.

Freshman year was Coach Dean Cromwell’s first baseball captain.

Sophomore year was Coach Dean Cromwell’s track captain.

Excelled in the high jump and shot put for U.S.C., setting a school record in the shot put that stood for 19 years until broken by the great Bud Houser.

Excelled as an outfielder for U.S.C. baseball team.

After college, he competed in track for the San Francisco Olympic Club.

Played professional baseball for the St. Louis Browns.

COACHING CAREER
1916 – Head football coach at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles winning the league championship.
1917-19 – Head football coach at Pasadena High School where he developed several future college greats including Edwin C. “Babe” Horrell.
1920-21 – Head football coach of U.C.L.A.
1920-47 – Head track coach at U.C.L.A. where he guided U.C.L.A. to national prominence. He developed many national and international athletes including Jackie Robinson and Olympians – Jimmy LuValle, George Jefferson and Craig Dixon.

Born in 1909 in Castle Rock, Colorado. Attended elementary and high school in Longmont, Colorado.

1925-29 – Played quarterback for three years earning 2nd Team All-Conference in his senior year.

Lettered three years in basketball.

1929-31 – Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas Played quarterback and end for three years earning Honorable Mention All-Conference end.

1932 – St. Louis Blues professional football team, played end.

1942 – Commissioned as Lieutenant, j.g. in the U.S. Navy. Assigned to Port Hueneme as Assistant Port Director, later became Port Director.

1945 – Discharged from Navy as Commander, became Planning Director for Port Hueneme Navy Base until retirement in 1975.

1948 – As a member of the Kiwanis Club, organized and started the first Little League in Ventura County.

1950-53 – Managed Kiwanis Little League teams.

1954- Elected District Representative, responsible to the National Little League office for all teams and leagues in Ventura County area.

1954-65 – Umpired and put on clinics for the development of Little League umpires.

1949 – Joined the Southern California Football, Baseball and Basketball Officials Association.

1949-72 – Officiated high school and junior college games. Teamed with Bill Bradford and developed the instructional team for the Ventura Association which was instrumental in the Ventura Association becoming one of the best in the state.

Teamed with Bill Bradford as the only C.I.F. sanctioned instructors for officiating clinics.

1973-78 – Chief evaluator of officials and officiating teams for C.I.F. Commissioner of Officials.

1963 – Assisted in the planning and organizing of the Kiwanis/Ventura High School first Annual Boys’ Basketball Tournament. Continued his involvement in various capacities to the present time.

1977 – Instrumental in planning and organizing of the Kiwanis/Buena High School Girls’ Basketball Tournament.

1979 – Won the First Annual Kiwanis sponsored racquetball championship. Still actively playing and teaching racquetball.