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John Hart

johnhartJohn Hart is a member of the Reitz Football Hall of Fame Class of 2020 and was Reitz Football’s eleventh head coach from 2001 to 2007. During that time, he compiled a 73-17 record.

Titles won at Reitz

Points of interest

  • Graduated from Newton (Ill.) High School
  • Coached the Evansville BlueCats, a semi-professional football team, in 2006 and 2007
  • Father of Nick Hart, a Reitz Football Hall of Famer who is the current head coach at Gibson Southern
  • 2001 Courier & Press All-Metro Co-Coach of the Year
  • 2002 Courier & Press All-Metro Coach of the Year
  • 2002 Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club Coach of the Year
  • 2003 Courier & Press All-Metro Coach of the Year
  • 2003 Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club Coach of the Year
  • 2005 Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club Coach of the Year
  • 2005 Courier & Press All-Metro Coach of the Year
  • 2007 Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club Coach of the Year
  • 2007 Griddy’s Class 4A Coach of the Year
  • Inducted into the Illinois Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021

High School coaching record

Year Team Record Championships
Albion (Edwards County) (Ill.) (23-23, 5 years)
1985 Albion (Edwards County) 3-6
1986 Albion (Edwards County) 3-6
1987 Albion (Edwards County) 5-4
1988 Albion (Edwards County) 5-4
1989 Albion (Edwards County) 7-3
Mount Carmel (Ill.) (101-21, 11 years)
1990 Mount Carmel 8-2
1991 Mount Carmel 7-3
1992 Mount Carmel 8-2
1993 Mount Carmel 10-1
1994 Mount Carmel 8-3
1995 Mount Carmel 11-1
1996 Mount Carmel 10-1 North Egypt Conference Champions
1997 Mount Carmel 7-3
1998 Mount Carmel 11-1 North Egypt Conference Champions
1999 Mount Carmel 10-2 North Egypt Conference Champions
2000 Mount Carmel 11-2 North Egypt Conference Champions
Reitz High School (73-17, 7 years)
2001 Reitz 10-4 Regional & Sectional Champions
2002 Reitz 10-2 City & West Side Nut Club Champions
2003 Reitz 12-1 Sectional, SIAC, City & West Side Nut Club Champions
2004 Reitz 6-4 SIAC Champions
2005 Reitz 11-2 Sectional, SIAC, City & West Side Nut Club Champions
2006 Reitz 9-4 Sectional & West Side Nut Club Champions
2007 Reitz 15-0 Class 4A State, Semi-State, Regional, Sectional, SIAC, City & West Side Nut Club Champions
Warren Central (41-9, 4 years)
2008 Warren Central 9-4 Sectional Champions
2009 Warren Central 13-2 Class 5A State, Semi-State, Regional & Sectional Champions
2010 Warren Central 8-2 Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference Champions
2011 Warren Central 11-1 Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference Champions
Huntley (Ill.) (28-12, 4 years)
2012 Huntley 6-4 qualified for IHSA playoffs
2013 Huntley 4-5
2014 Huntley 8-2 qualified for IHSA playoffs
2015 Huntley 10-1 Fox Valley Conference Champions; qualified for IHSA playoffs
Brownsburg (78-19, 9 years)
2016 Brownsburg 8-2 Hoosier Crossroads Conference Champions
2017 Brownsburg 8-3 Hoosier Crossroads Conference Co-Champions
2018 Brownsburg 10-1 Hoosier Crossroads Conference Champions
2019 Brownsburg 7-4
2020 Brownsburg 8-2
2021 Brownsburg 9-3
2022 Brownsburg 10-2
2023 Brownsburg 9-1 Hoosier Crossroads Conference Champions
2024 Brownsburg 9-1 Hoosier Crossroads Conference Champions
TOTAL (344-101, 40 years)

Semi-pro coaching record

Year Team Record Playoffs
Evansville BlueCats (13-19, 2 years)
2006 Evansville Blue Cats 8-9 went 1-1 in playoffs
2007 Evansville Blue Cats 5-10
TOTAL (13-19, 2 years)

See also

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  2. […] John Hart’s 2007 squad featured several outstanding players, five of whom would be named all-state (Craig Austin, Zach Campbell, Chris Deig, Tyler Mattingly, Paul McIntoch). McIntosh, was also selected as the Evansville Courier & Press All-Metro Player of the Year, the Indianapolis Star’s Mr. Football and the Gatorade Football Indiana Player of the Year. […]

  3. […] Reitz head coach John Hart will return to Indiana this fall, it was announced this week. Hart is the new head coach at […]

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