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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate New Trier High School
4Head Coach Mike Napoleon on becoming the Illinois High School
5Association's (IHSA) winningest baseball coach; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Mike Napoleon set the IHSA record for victories
7by a baseball coach, 951, when his Trevians beat Glenbrook
8North High School 5 to 0 on April 27, 2023; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Mike Napoleon has been a head coach for 38 years,
10the last 27 with New Trier, and is affectionately known as
11"Coach Naps"; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Mike Napoleon has a record of 697-247-3 at New
13Trier with 14 Central Suburban League titles, 19 regional
14titles, and 10 supersectional titles; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Mike Napoleon feels fortunate for having had his
16assistant coaches with him for 20 years; his varsity staff
17includes Pete Drevline, Scott Klipowicz, and former Chicago
18Cubs star Kerry Wood; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Mike Napoleon was a three-sport athlete at St.
20Patrick High School; after graduating from the University of

 

 

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1Illinois in 1982, he was a varsity assistant at Quigley South
2High School before being hired as head coach at Notre Dame High
3School in Niles in 1984; after five seasons at Providence
4Catholic High School in New Lenox, he joined New Trier in the
5fall of 1996; he's also been an assistant football coach
6throughout his tenure at Providence and New Trier; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Mike Napoleon and his wife of 39 years, Melanie,
8have two sons, Dusty and Dylan, who are assistant baseball
9coaches at Northwestern University and Western Kentucky
10University; therefore, be it
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
12HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13we congratulate New Trier High School Head Coach Mike Napoleon
14on becoming the Illinois High School Association's winningest
15baseball coach; and be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17presented to Mike Napoleon as a symbol of our respect and
18esteem.