Several Central Indiana honorees in IFCA Hall of Fame induction class for 2023

Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star
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The Indiana Football Hall of Fame will induct its newest members in June and there are several with Central Indiana ties. The Indiana Football Coaches Association will induct the following individuals from District 7 and District 8:

Rick Carrico: Carrico led Cardinal Ritter to a 66-52 record from 1978-88, winning three Class 2A sectional championships and reaching the state championship in 1987, losing 23-20 to Rochester. Carrico has more than 45 years of coaching overall and was part of three state championship teams at Cardinal Ritter, Lawrence Central and Warren Central.

Roger Dodson: Dodson coached 23 seasons at Indian Creek, Franklin and Greenfield-Central, winning 101 games. He also coached as an assistant at Lawrence North, Franklin, Muncie Central, Plymouth and Roncalli and also served as an assistant at Butler, his alma mater. Dodson, who was an assistant at Roncalli from 1977-79, returned to the school as an assistant in 2022.

AJ Edds: Edds played at Greenwood from 2002-05 for Hall of Fame coach Rick Wimmer and was a four-time all-conference selection as a tight end and linebacker, earning all-state honors as a junior and senior. He continued his playing career at Iowa, where he started 39 games at outside linebacker for the Hawkeyes and was named second team All-Big Ten Conference in 2009. Edds was a fourth-round pick of the Miami Dolphins in 2010 and played five seasons in the NFL. He is currently the senior director of football operations for the Big Ten Conference.

Whiteland's head coach Darrin Fisher talks to his team after the loss during the IHSAA Class 5A state championships Friday, Nov 25, 2022 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Whiteland's head coach Darrin Fisher talks to his team after the loss during the IHSAA Class 5A state championships Friday, Nov 25, 2022 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Darrin Fisher: Fisher has coached at Whiteland since 2005, winning 130 games and leading his teams to seven Mid-State Conference championships, five sectional titles and a Class 5A state runner-up showing in 2022. Fisher was previously a head coach in Iowa prior to returning to Indiana as Whiteland’s coach. He served as the IFCA president in 2015 and currently serves on the executive board for the organization.

Ott Hurrle is in his 29th year as Scecina's head coach.
Ott Hurrle is in his 29th year as Scecina's head coach.

Ott Hurrle: Hurrle graduated from Scecina in 1970 and went on to play at Butler, where he was an offensive lineman. He went on to be an assistant coach at Scecina and then the head coach starting in 1988, leading the program to back-to-back state championships in 1990 and ’91 and has 225 wins overall in more than 30 years as a coach. He won the American Football Coaches Association “Power of Influence” award for his commitment to faith, family and community.

Brett Law: Law was a record-setting running back from 1986 to ’89 for coach Bud Wright at Sheridan, where he was named the Gatorade Player of the Year and USA Today Indiana Player of the Year in 1989. He held the state’s career rushing record with 6,864 yards at the time of his graduation and had the career record for points scored at 952 for 30 years until New Palestine’s Charlie Spegal broke his mark. Law went on to play in college at Indiana, where he rushed for 1,134 yards for his career and was a three-time All-Big Ten Conference academic team selection.

Paul Loggan: Loggan was an all-state player at Rushville in high school and went on to earn All-American honors at the University of Indianapolis in college and was named to the school’s Hall of Fame. Loggan made coaching stops at Roncalli, Franklin Central and North Central, where he became the school’s athletic director. During his tenure as AD, Loggan served as the director of the IFCA’s North/South All-Star game.

John Mallery: Mallery was an Indiana North/South All-Star and star for Noblesville, where he played for legendary coach Jim Belden. As an assistant coach for Franklin Central, Mallery was part of multiple state championship and runner-up teams, including three consecutive Class 2A title teams in 1980, ’81 and ’82. Mallery has continued to be part of the IFCA after his coaching career.

Randy Minniear: The 1961 Broad Ripple graduate played at Purdue before going on to play in the NFL with the New York Giants and Cleveland Browns for five seasons after he was drafted in the 20th round as a fullback in 1966.  Minniear worked on Wall Street for 40 years  and also served nearly as long on the executive board for the NFL Alumni Association. He was the head coach at Brown County from 2016 to 2020.

Joe Siderewicz: The son of late Hall of Fame Martinsville coach Bill Siderewicz served as an assistant coach for his father for 15 years before taking over the program in 2001 and was named the Conference Indiana Coach of the Year. He coached Martinsville for six seasons before going to Center Grove as an assistant coach for the past 14 seasons and helping the Trojans to five state championships.

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