Steve Bender

1. Class prank with the car in the courtyard
2. David Howells announcing during the basketball game that Bill Weaver needed 1 more point to break the school scoring record. The opponents started to face guard Bill, and it took a long time for Bill to get that point. Thanks Abbott
3. Toga party at Battle Creek Lakeview
4. Getting a year ahead in Latin - thanks Klostermann
5. Movement Against Social Hypocricy - still viable today
6. Annual spring riots with Messner & Szot getting chased
7. Egg fights
8. Winning tennis conference defeating Loy Norrix - who went on to win state
8. Conference tennis champions junior year and Loy Norrix won state
8. Benton Harbor post game riot
9. Jack Young - Jerry French getting all the answers behind his back & threatening to kick us out of NHS
10. Barb Keitzer? She secretly liked the guys!!!

1. Just celebrated 45 years of marriage
2. State championship in tennis 2003
3. MIAA coach of the year - coaching Saint Mary's girls team (and 2 daughters). A team from our conference (Hope) won the Division 3 national championship that year
4. Albion College Hall of Fame induction 1994 for our 1978 basketball team ( I served as student assistant coach). We finished 3rd in the country.
5. Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame 2011
6. Michigan High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame 2012 - 2nd father /son duo in state history
7. Buchanan Athletic Hall of Fame 2013
7. Indiana High School Tennis Coaches hall of Fame 2022
7. 44 years of coaching. Created a program called Bridging-Bonding-Building which I travel around and present. Coolest thing I have ever done in coaching.
8. Taught at Notre Dame for 4 years and was Director of the Coaching Classes Curriculum - no, I did not go over to the dark side - Go Blue!
7.Buchanan High School Hall of Fame 2014
5. Resigned from Buchanan tennis with 200-16-8 record and headed to South Bend St. Joe for a tougher challenge. 244-51 - 13 year record
6. 2 time state tennis coach of the year 1995 & 2002
7. 2010 & 2010 & 2016 & 2018 NIC Coach of the year
8. Holy Cross College women's conference coach of the year 2018
9. Indiana Tennis Coach of the Year 2021

1. Bucktown is 5 miles away baby!
2. My asst coach owns the Rage - formerly HI's
3. Wonderful Wonderlnd Cinema often with grand kids
4. Martin's coffee gossip - 2nd Wednesday of month

2. Tom Grathwohl
3. Tim Newsted - Bleacher Bums Baby!
4. Cheryl Frame (Malinowski)
5 Joe Pacquette
6. Craig Worvey
7. Ricky Fouche
8. Billy Weaver - coached with him for many years (miss him dearly)

1. Benny- thanks to Newsted!
2. Coach B - working world
3. Albendor - middle school
4. stuffy - elementary school - father implemented that
5. Bensted- math formula put together by Bender & Newsted

1. work out - but you would never guess it. Fight to stay upright...
2. bet on sports in Vegas - now Blue Chip in Michigan City
3. living my entire life in a women's world
4. COACH
5. Travel to Scotland, Spain, England, France, Ireland
6. Time Share in Delray Beach Florida

My business was coaching and I loved it. WE is always more important than ME
Due to my coaching i was inducted into five hall of fames
Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame
Michigan Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame
Indiana Tennis Hall of Fame
Albion College Hall of Fame
Buchanan High School Athletics Hall of Fame

The Class of 74 has always had immense pride. Looking forward to a potential Orchard Hills 50th reunion. 269-228-2511 (cell)

Enjoy every day

coachb2003@gmail.com