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Legendary College Coaching Career Winds Down in Topeka

By Greg Echlin
Published February 24, 2017 at 7:40 AM CST
Washburn Coach Bob Chipman ranks sixth all-time in NCAA Division II history with 806 career wins. (Photo: Washburn University Athletics)
Washburn Coach Bob Chipman ranks sixth all-time in NCAA Division II history with 806 career wins. (Photo: Washburn University Athletics)

It will be the end of an era in Topeka this weekend.  A celebration is planned Saturday at the final regular season home basketball game of the Washburn Ichabods.  The team will honor coach Bob Chipman who's retiring after 38 years as the head coach.  KPR’s Greg Echlin reports that Chipman is still getting used to the idea that the end of his coaching career is almost here. 

The Ichabods beat Central Oklahoma Thursday night for Chipman’s 806th career win.  That ties him with another Kansas native, Eddie Sutton, for 13th on the list of all-time career victories for men’s coaches.

 

 
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Greg Echlin
Greg Echlin is the sports reporter for KPR and KCUR. Ever since he set foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, Greg Echlin began a love affair with the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. He moved to Kansas City in 1984 and has been there since covering sports. Through the years, he has covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games. With his high metabolism rate, Greg is able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when he's not running around on the sports scene. He loves desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.
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