Coach Jack Horenberger interview conducted June 29, 2000. The recording was digitized from two VHS tapes in Spring 2018. The biggest change he's seen in athletics is the year-round athlete development as opposed to seasonal nature of athletics when he was a student. He says that IWU athletes value the academic reputation of the school and also reviews changes in campus infrastructure since the 1930s, recalling that students had to find rooms in the community snce there weren't any dorms.
For academic changes, he recalls one of his classmates who took eight years to graduate and that would not happen today. He also discounts an often-heard comment from alumni that they wouldn't qualify for admission today. High quality students come to IWU because their high school counselors refer them.
The off-camera interviewer asks him to name some memorable athletes. He names several but also emphasizes the successes they had after IWU. He's also asked about what it takes to be a good professor. He says it's a combination of both knowledge and the ability to pass on that knowledge. He also mentiones the six or seven presidents he's known and that they have nothing in common with each other but that all contributed to the school in different ways.
He remarks that the difference between Division I and Division III schools is that academics are the priority, not practicing and reviewing previous games. He notes that at one time he had two pre-med students on the team and that they wouldn't be able to do that in Division I.
Horenberger also recalls his feelings during the 1997 basketball championship. He was in Florida at the time and recalls he was nervous and had to take a walk rather than watch the whole game in a bar with other alumni. He praises Dennie Bridges for all his achievements as coach.
He also says shares stories about how baseball players Doug Rader and Bobby Winkles got to IWU and some stories about their later careers.
He concludes with the reason he stayed at IWU--the types of students are the draw for him and, he observes, he's heard that from science faculty, too. He then tells of his Branch Rickey encounter when he was being evaluated as a player for the Minor League.
