Men's Tennis Coaching Staff
John Bell, Head Coach
Coach Bell was the recipient of the league's first Men's Sports Coach of the Year Award after guiding both the cross-country and tennis teams to conference crowns during the 2000-2001 school year. His runners eventually placed 11th in the nation that fall before his tennis squad went undefeated in Skyway play during the spring. They completed their league domination by sweeping all nine flights at the Skyway tournament, tying for the Region IV title and then placing 20th in the nation. Bell has been named the ISCC's Cross-Country Coach of the Year 14 times and was inducted into the ISCC's Hall of Fame in 2005.
Bell graduated from Dominican High School in Whitefish Bay, WI, in 1962. He went on to attend Quincy College and was graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1966. Bell then earned a master's degree in business administration in 1970 from Northeast Missouri State College, which is today Truman State University.
Bell was a teacher and track coach at West Aurora High School for over 30 years. Every year the school hosts the "John Bell Invitational" track and field meet, and he was enshrined into the Blackhawks' Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.
