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JIM PERKINS -- Riverside-Brookfield & Oak Park-River Forest
 

An Athletic Director at two West Suburban Conference schools, Perkins was both a state and national leader in athletic administration.  Perkins was the head football and swimming coach for the Bulldogs prior to becoming Athletic Director at Riverside-Brookfield from 1963-1970.  Jim returned to his alma mater at Oak Park-River Forest, serving as the Huskies Athletic Director from 1970-1979.  In 1965, Perkins organized the first meeting of statewide Athletic Directors, and was chosen as the first President of the Illinois Athletic Directors Association.  Perkins logged thousands of miles traveling across the country trying to form a national organization that emphasized the importance of physical fitness and athletics.  In 1968, Perkins was elected as the first President of the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.  Perkins was chosen as a charter member of the Illinois Athletic Director Association Hall of Fame in 1996.


 
   
   
   
Links to WSC-100 Honor Roll Coaches & Contributors:  Sandy Abbinanti ● Al Allen ● Howard Amerlan ● Max Armer ● Tom Babyar ● Bob Barber ● Larry Bassett ● Al Bekkedal ● Taylor Bell ● John Belskis ● Chuck Bennett ● Fred Biester ● Forrest Birks ● Blaise Blasko ● Carol Bobo ● Jim Brown ● Steve Busa ● Anthony Calderone ● Dick Campbell ● Al Carstens ● Dick Carstens ● Bill Cartwright ● Mike Caruso ● Joe Chapetta ● John Charters ● Terry Clarke ● Randy Conrad ● Jim Covert ● Robert Crispin ● Russ Deason ● Fred Dennis ● Harvey Dickinson ● Tom Domin ● Bill Duchon ● Barney Dudley ● Clarence East ● Chuck Farina ● Ralph Faucher ● Tim Feigh ● Phil Fox ● Carlos Fuentes ● Christine Giunta-Mayer ● Joe Goddard ● Jack Gregg ● Steve Gross ● Gary Grouwinkel ● John Grundke ● Ron Havelka ● Jan Heiteen ● Chad Hetlett ● Rick Hibbert ● Bill Hitt ● Paul Hoel ● Barry Jacobson ● Clarence Johnson ● Jack Kaiser ● Kari Karubas-Powell ● Denise Kavanaugh ● Kevin Keough ● Mark King ● Mel Kolbusz ● Brian Kopecky ● Jay Kramer ● Jess Krueger ● Mark Krueger ● Neil Krupicka ●Paul Labbato ● Curtis Larsen ● Murney Lazier ● Lowell Lucas ● Craig Lynch ● Lee Maciejewski ● Tony Martinucci ● Sam Marzulo ● Jim Mizener ● Mike Morris ● John Nesbitt ● Joe Newton ● Ron Nikcevich ● Jim O'Connell ● Stephen Oracko ● Darren Orel ● Paul Parpet ● Jim Perkins ● Doug Plunkett ● Dick Pond ● Mike Powell ● Joann Pyritz ● Stan Reddel ● Shirley Redmond ● Claire Riessen ● Bruce Ritter ● Chuck Rossetti ● Bob Sakamoto ● Jerilyn Scardina ● Dawn Shabacker ● Kevin Schmitt ● Ken Schreiner ● Tom Schweer ● Ken Scorza ● Jerry Shnay ● Bernie Skul ● Greg Sloan ● Dave Smith ● Joe Spagnolo ● Bill Stone ● Gene Strode ● Matt Thompson ● Jack Tosh ● George Ushela ● William Vandemerkt ● Pete Ventrelli ● Scott Walker ● Don Watson ● Brenda Whitesell ● Rex Whitlach ● Glenn Whittenberg ● Michael Wiggins ● Gary Wolf ● Go to WSC-100 Athletes