 Pickering contributed much of his life to coaching basketball at
Lincoln College, from 1971 to 2006, and finished with an amazing
record of 368-155. During that time he recorded 11 years of 20-win
seasons, including six in a row from 1979 to 1985. During the
1980-1981 season, his team set a new school record with 33 wins.
He led Lincoln to two region championships during his tenure to go
along with a runner-up finish at the NJCAA Division I national
championship tournament in 1981.
He also served the college as athletic director from 1987 to
2006.
He helped found the Collegiate Conference of Central Illinois in
the early 1990s, and he was selected by the USA Basketball Olympic
Committee as a clinician for three international clinics.
He retired as the head coach and athletic director at Lincoln
College in 2006.
Two halls of fame -- for the Illinois Basketball Coaches
Association and Illinois State Athletics -- have already inducted
Pickering into their elite collection of members.
[Text from file received from Kirk Whiteman,
Lincoln
College] |
