Articles Tagged: Coe Kohawks

Wallace was a wide receiver (and eventually, an assistant coach) at Coe who made catches count long before he started guiding All-America linebackers at Iowa.

Jan Jensen was a new Iowa assistant coach at Iowa in 2000 when Randi Henderson was a senior player. Twenty-four years later, the two native Iowans have reunited. Henderson is a new Hawkeyes assistant coach for new head coach Jensen.

Bill Quinby insisted on not having a funeral, but OKed a celebration of life, which happened Saturday at Coe College. Dignitaries such as former Iowa Governor Chet Culver and University of Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz spoke, honoring one of Cedar Rapids’ finest, who died in April at age 92.

A Cedar Falls native (she was Miss Iowa Basketball in 1997) and former Iowa player, Randi Henderson has been named to Jan Jensen’s staff, as has Sean Sullivan.

Coe College’s softball team plays at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland this weekend in a NCAA Division III super regional. If the Kohawks win the best-of-3 series, they’ll qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships in Texas for a second consecutive year.

Coe beat Buena Vista 6-2 to win the American Rivers Conference baseball tournament Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids.

Coe College beat Buena Vista, 6-2, Saturday afternoon to win the American Rivers Conference baseball tournament championship. The final two guys to pitch in the game for the Kohawks returned from elbow surgeries just two weeks ago.

Coe beat Buena Vista 4-3 in an American Rivers Conference baseball tournament game Friday at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids to advance to Saturday’s final round.

Coe’s baseball team got great pitching and held on to beat Buena Vista, 4-3, in the American Rivers Conference tournament, advancing to Saturday’s championship.

Top-seeded Coe used solid pitching and a four-run third inning to scratch out a 6-4 win over Loras in its opening game of the American Rivers Conference baseball tournament Thursday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.

After all the time on the baseball diamond playing games, pitching in the bullpen, fielding groundballs, tracking down flyballs and taking cuts in batting practice, Coe’s baseball team can still be found hanging out together.

Dubuque Wahlert graduate Cael Schmitt started four seasons at point guard for Coe College, helping the Kohawks reach back-to-back NCAA Division III national basketball tournaments. He entered the transfer portal for his graduate season and has committed to Northern Iowa as a rare kid going from D-III to Division I.

A 2008 Cedar Rapids Washington High graduate, Phil Richmond grew up hearing Polish spoken by his maternal grandparents who had emigrated from Poland in Eastern Europe after World War II. Now 34, Richmond never dreamed he would end up living in Poland and chasing his baseball dreams as a right-handed pitcher and sometimes position player.

Coe head baseball coach and Athletics Director Steve Cook recalled the impact that the late Bill Quinby had on him, his program and Kohawk athletics. Quinby passed away Saturday at the age of 92.

If there was a project that needed a little help, a program that needed a boost or a person in need, Bill Quinby was the person to contact. Quinby died in his sleep Saturday morning at the age of 92.