By Mike McGraw
Executive Director
CLOVERDALE – They say that some people find their destiny, while others know it from the start. In either case, it is a rare privilege to spend your life in daily pursuit of that you know you were meant to do.
It is an even more precious gift to be one of the very best at what you choose to devote your life performing. Coach Pat Rady has experienced both of those treasures. Rady has spent 46 years doing the only thing he ever wanted to do: roaming the sidelines of a high school basketball court.
Along the way, he has won 700 games and placed his alongside names like Crawley, Sharpe, and Butcher. He is an icon of the game.
Rady won his 700th game in Cloverdale’s regular-season finale versus Eminence. This Putnam County community is the fifth stop in Rady’s legendary career (he’s also made stops at Terre Haute South and Shelbyville, among others), and also a return to his boyhood home. It is fitting this humble man should end his reign in the place where his love for the game first blossomed.
The end, however, does not appear to be in sight. Rady plans to return for a 47th year on the bench next season.
I sat down with this giant of the game to talk about the long and special journey he has taken. On this page are a series of videos showing coach Rady talking about various aspects of his life in coaching. We hope you enjoy this glimpse into one of Indiana high school basketball’s greatest figures …
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