Bill Text: IL HR0149 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Congratulates St. Joseph High School Head Basketball Coach Gene Pingatore on becoming the first boys basketball coach in Illinois history to reach 1,000 wins.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-02-16 - Resolution Adopted [HR0149 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HR0149-Introduced.html


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HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate St. Joseph High School
4Head Basketball Coach Gene Pingatore on becoming the first boys
5basketball coach in Illinois history to reach 1,000 wins; and
6 WHEREAS, Gene Pingatore's historic win came on February 11,
72016 with a 81-71 win against St. Rita High School in the first
8round of the Catholic League playoffs in Westchester; and
9 WHEREAS, During Gene Pingatore's 48 years as a head coach
10at St. Joseph High School, he has achieved a .739 winning
11percentage and 32 regional championships, 13 sectional
12championships, six top-four finishes, and two State
13championships, one in Class AA in 1999 and one in Class 3A in
142015; and
15 WHEREAS, Gene Pingatore has coached three McDonald's
16All-Americans, Isiah Thomas, Daryl Thomas, and Deryl
17Cunningham; and
18 WHEREAS, At the age of 80, Gene Pingatore says he has no
19plans to retire and will be back coaching for St. Joseph High
20School next season; therefore, be it

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1 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
2HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
3congratulate St. Joseph High School Head Basketball Coach Gene
4Pingatore on becoming the first boys basketball coach in
5Illinois history to reach 1,000 wins, and we wish him many more
6successful years; and be it further
7 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to Gene Pingatore as an expression of our esteem and
9respect.
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