McKendree University Athletics

As varsity basketball coach at Carlyle High School, Coach Brad Weathers had developed one of the most respected varsity basketball programs in southern Illinois. His teams have averaged over seventeen victories during the past eighteen seasons. Under Coach Weather’s direction, the Carlyle Indians have won seven conference championships, seven invitational tournaments, three Illinois Class A Regionals, one Illinois Class A Sectional, and the 1989 Illinois Class A State Champions.

Coach Weathers has had several of his players selected to various all-area and all-state honors. Two of those were consensus first team all-staters, elected by the United Press International, the Associated Press, and the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association. In addition, one of those players was elected the 1986 Chicago Sun Times Class A Player of the year, and another was unanimously selected for the first team of the 1989 Illinois State Tournament. Both received basketball scholarships to the University of Illinois. Many other student-athletes who have played for Coach Weathers have continued their basketball careers at the college level.

As proof of his outstanding ability to bring out the best in his athletes, Coach Weathers was selected District 19 Class A Coach of the Year in 1988, and in 1989 the State Class A Coach of the Year by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association. In 1989, the Southern Illinois Coaches Association also elected him Coach of the Year.

Coach Weathers currently serves on the Illinois High School Association’s Basketball Advisory Committee. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association and is a past president of the Southern Illinois Coaches Association.

Coach Weathers is an outstanding credit to McKendree College and his community. Not only has he led winning teams, but also his teams always exhibit respect for their opponents, dignity in victory or defeat, and good sportsmanship. His influence on his players extends far beyond their high school years.