(April 19) the EVSC Board of School Trustees approved the appointment of Nathan Fleenor as the boys varsity basketball coach at Harrison High School and Garland Copeland as the head girls basketball coach at Bosse. Fleenor replaces Bryan Speer, athletic director at Harrison, who stepped down as head coach earlier this year.
Fleenor is currently a social studies teacher and department head at Harrison and will continue in that role. Most recently, Fleenor also served as the junior varsity boys basketball coach and varsity assistant coach at Harrison.
Fleenor’s overall record is 166-78. In 2014, under his leadership, Harrison’s junior varsity team placed in the top 10 in the state for the most wins and in 2014, lead the state in wins. He led the team to three junior varsity SIAC conference championships, five junior varsity city championships and two junior varsity SIAC tournament championships. At the varsity level, he helped lead the team to three sectional championships, five city championships and three SIAC championships.
In 2006, Fleenor served as Harrison softball coach and led the team to city and sectional champions. Fleenor was also named Softball Metro Coach of the Year in 2006.
Fleenor received his B.S. degree from Indiana University and a Masters in Education from Olivet Nazarene University.
Copeland most recently served as the assistant girls basketball coach at Bosse and interim head coach. Copeland, a graduate of Bosse, played basketball at Bosse, Olney College and USI.
Copeland has worked for the EVSC since 1994 and is currently the head custodian at the EVSC’s Culver Family Learning Center.
