A little over a decade ago, Greene Central School started its Coaches Wall of Fame with its charter member, Section IV Hall of Fame field hockey coach, Nancy Bromley.

Several coaches’ names have been added to the wall, more recently the late Nancy Barrows, and longtime coach Joe Eggleston.

Friday, as part of Greene’s homecoming festivities, two more coaches will see their names added to the wall when Bill Case and Steve Klumpp are honored during halftime of the Greene-Sidney football contest.

Case was a longtime successful basketball and boys’ soccer coach for Greene, and he won four straight Section IV girls’ basketball titles and over 430 games. Klumpp served in a variety of coaching capacities during his long career at Greene, and was a varsity assistant coach under Lynne Simmons – his last football coaching job.

“It was great to have the opportunity, when I started coaching, to have Steve Klumpp there,” said Greene head coach Tim Paske, who worked as a junior varsity football coach under Simmons. “Steve took me under his wing and showed me what Greene football was all about.”

Interestingly, Case and Klumpp worked side by side in their final years of coaching at Greene with Klumpp acting as Case’s junior varsity basketball coach in the winter. “They are both great guys, great role models, and great persons,” Paske said. “Kids responded to them. They really cared about kids, and that’s why they were both so successful.”

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