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State Championship Coaches

Wyandotte High School - Men's Basketball

Nine different head coaches have led the Wyandotte Basketball boys’ basketball program to its 20 state championships. 

State Championship Coaches
Charles Corsaut - head basketball coach Wyandotte HS KCKS, 1919-1923.

Coach Charles Corsaut ... 1919 - 1923

  • Served as Wyandotte Head Coach from 1919 - 1923 with a career record of 81-16.

  • Led the Bulldogs to the 1923 State & National Championships.

  • Led the Bulldogs to a 3rd place finish in the 1920 and 1921 state tournaments.

Percy Parks - head basketball coach Wyandotte HS KCKS, 1927-1939.

Coach Percy Parks ... 1927 - 1939

  • Served as Wyandotte Head Coach from 1927-1939 with a career record of 253-44.

  • Led the Bulldogs to the 1930 & 1933 State Championships.

  • Led the Bulldogs to a 2nd place finish in the 1938 state tournament and 3rd place in 1928, 1935, and 1936.

Ashely Elbl
Ashley Elbl - head basketball coach Wyandotte HS KCKS, 1939-1942.

Coach Ashley Elbl ... 1939 - 1942

  • Served as Wyandotte Head Coach from 1939-1942 with a career record of 69-10.

  • Led the Bulldogs to the 1941 State Championship.

  • Led the Bulldogs to a 2nd place finish in the 1940 state tournament & 3rd place in 1942.

Carter Burns - head basketball coach Wyandotte HS KCKS, 1952-1955.

Coach Carter Burns ... 1952 - 1955

  • Served as Wyandotte Head Coach from 1952-1955 with a career record of 65-6.

  • Led the Bulldogs to the 1955 State Championship.

  • Led the Bulldogs to 2nd place finishes in the 1954 & 1955 state tournaments.

Carter Burns
Walt Shublom - head basketball coach Wyandotte HS KCKS, 1955-1969.

Coach Walt Shublom ... 1955 - 1969

  • Served as a history teacher & coach at Wyandotte from 1952-1969.  After serving as an assistant for 3 seasons, led the Bulldogs as Head Coach for 14 seasons from 1955-1969.
     

  • During his head coaching career at Wyandotte, led the Bulldogs to a 296-26 record & 10 (ten) state championships (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969) and 3 second place finishes (1956, 1962, & 1963) ​

  • Owns the Kansas High School record for most consecutive State Championships with 5 (1957-1961). Additionally owns 4th  place on the same list with 3 (1967-1969).
     

  • Inducted into 8 Hall of Fames. National High School Federation, Kansas Sports, Missouri Sports, KSHSAA, Kansas Basketball Coaches, Missouri Basketball Coaches, Greater KC Sports Hall of Champions, and NABC.
     

  • The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts honored Wyandotte and Shublom by including Wyandotte High School in a display of high school dynasties.
     

  • In 2003, in what Shublom was quoted as saying was his greatest honor, the Wyandotte High School gymnasium was named the “Walter R. Shublom Gymnasium.”

Don Upson - head basketball coach Wyandotte HS KCKS, 1969 - 1970.

Coach Don Upson ... 1969 - 1970

  • Played basketball for the Kansas State Wildcats from 1949-52.

    • Played on the 1950-51 Kansas State Big 7 Champion basketball team (coached by Jack Gardner) that advanced to the 1951 NCAA Championship game. The Wildcats fell to the Kentucky Wildcats 68-58 in the 1951 National Championship game at the Final Four at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  • Served as Assistant Coach for Head Coach Walt Shublom for 12 seasons from 1958-69.

    • During his tenure as an assistant coach, Wyandotte either won the State Championship (9 times) or State runner-up (twice) in 11 of the 12 seasons.
       

  • Served as Head Coach in 1969-70 and led the Bulldogs to an undefeated State Championship.

George Czaplinski - head basketball coach Wyandotte HS KCKS, 1970-1981.

Coach George Czaplinski ... 1970-1981

  • Graduated from McPherson High School in 1962.  Played in the 1961 Class AA Final Four for McPherson leading the Bullpups to a 3rd place finish. McPherson fell in the semifinals to the eventually State Champion Wyandotte Bulldogs 72-54. Earned Honorable Mention Class AA All-State in 1961.
     

  • In his first year at Wyandotte, as an assistant coach in Coach Don Upson’s only season as Bulldog Head Coach, helped lead the 1969-1970 team to the Class 5A State Championship.

  • Served as a head coach at Wyandotte from 1970-1981.  Finished with a career head coaching record at Wyandotte of 147-84.
     

  • Led the Bulldogs to the 1976 5A State Championship, two state tourney 2nd place finishes (1971, 1977) and one third place (1978).

Randy Springs - head basketball coach Wyandotte HS KCKS, 1981-1986.

Coach Randy Springs ... 1981-1986

  • Coached at Wyandotte for five seasons (1981-82 through 1985-86) leading the Bulldogs to a 99-14 record & the 1984 and 1985 Class 6A State Championships.
     

  • Won over 590 games in his career that included a stint as head coach at Sumner Academy of Arts & Science from 1987-2007.
     

  • Won the Eddie Ryan Award as the top high school basketball coach in the Kansas City area in 1982 and 1984.

  • Won the inaugural Paul Lambert Award in 1984 as the top high school basketball coach in the Kansas City area.​
     

  • Won 6 Kansas High School State Basketball Championships (tied for 3rd in Kansas state history behind Walt Shublom’s 10) in 34 years of high school coaching.
     

  • Is the only Kansas high school basketball coach to win state titles at 3 different high schools.
     

  • Won the 1976 and 1977 4A State championships at Topeka Highland Park.
     

  • Won the 1998 and 2000 4A State championships at Sumner Academy of Arts and Science.
     

  • Won the 1976 Grand State Championship (KSHSAA tournament that comprised of the championship teams of all classes), in the only year it was contested.
     

  • Inducted into the Emporia State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002.

Wayne Van Dine - head basketball coach Wyandotte HS KCKS, 1994-1998 and 2001-2002.

Coach Wayne Van Dine ... 1994-1998 and 2001-2002

  • Served as Head Coach for the Wyandotte Bulldogs from 1994-1998 and 2001-2002.
     

  • Led the Wyandotte Bulldogs to the 1998 Class 5A basketball championship.
     

  • Led the Bulldogs to the State Tournament 3 times (1995, 1996, and 1998).

  • Named the Kansas High School Basketball Coach of the Year by both the Associated Press & the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association in 1998.
     

  • Inducted into the Kansas City Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2014.
     

  • Assisted by Coach Mark Matney who served as Wyandotte assistant coach from 1994-1998 and 2001-2002.

    • Matney earned 2nd Team All-Metro by the Kansas City Star & 1st Team Class 4A All-State as a player for the Turner Golden Bears in 1969.

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