HOOP HISTORIANS
Committed to promoting goodwill through basketball

Joe is the Executive Director of the Hoop Historians responsible for the day-to-day operations of the group.  A coach, official and athletic administrator for over 30 years, Spagnolo currently serves as an assistant basketball coach at Hinsdale Central High School in suburban Chicago.  Joe has been the tournament manager of the Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic since the event's inception in 2015.  Joe was the former director of the prestigious Proviso West Holiday Basketball Tournament for parts of four decades.  "Spags" coached five different sports at his alma mater and coached athletes there that would later play in the NBA, the NFL.  Joe officiated high school and collegiate basketball for over 40 years and has served as a certified basketball official and state clinician for the Illinois High School Association and an Observer in the Big East Conference for womens' basketball.  For his many endeavors, he was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2010.


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