A long and diverse coaching career has come to an end with the retirement of Bedford boys basketball coach Everett Heard. The school announced his retirement as health and physical education teacher and coach. He won a state girls track title at Cleveland Heights in 1990 and guided the Bedford boys basketball team to the 2000 state finals, and...
Retiring Bedford boys basketball coach Everett Heard, pictured in 2007 when he led the Bearcats to their fourth consecutive Lake Erie League title.
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A long and diverse coaching career has come to an end with the retirement of Bedford boys basketball coach Everett Heard. The school announced his retirement as health and physical education teacher and coach.
He won a state girls track title at Cleveland Heights in 1990 and guided the Bedford boys basketball team to the 2000 state finals, and also was a defensive coordinator on Bedford football playoff teams.
Heard was Bedford's boys basketball coach for 20 years and compiled a record of 281-173. The 2000 team was 22-6 and lost to Cincinnati St. Xavier in the Division I state final. His teams won eight conference championships, including four straight in the Lake Erie League between 2004 and 2007, and they won three district titles.
He began teaching at Shaw in 1975 and also taught and coached at Cleveland Heights. He coached girls track at Cleveland Heights and boys and girls track at Bedford and won four league titles. The 1990 Cleveland Heights girls track team won Division I district, regional and state championships.
"We congratulate coach Heard in his retirement after a remarkable 35-year career as an educator and a coach," Bedford Superintendent Sherman Micsak said in a statement. "He has a long and impressive history with the Bedford Schools where he built his reputation as a winning high school basketball and track coach. He not only was a great coach, but a well-respected teacher who had good rapport with students and parents alike."