Coach Hoy Bio

Eldon Hoy has been the varsity basketball coach at Mifflinburg High School, a rural school in central PA, for the past ten years. His teams have captured three CSC-I league championships during his tenure, gaining him Coach of the Year honors in all three. The Wildcats have posted three 20+ win seasons under coach Hoy and have an overall record of 156-98 (.614). Coach Hoy was also named the Reading Eagles’ Coach of the Year in 2002 when the Wildcats finished 26-2 with an overtime loss in the state playoffs to Kennett – the eventual state champions. Prior to coaching the boys’ team in Mifflinburg, Eldon led the Wildcat girls’ team for seven years – leading the Lady Wildcats to the school’s only appearances in the PIAA state playoffs. Coach Hoy also works summer basketball camps at Bucknell University.

Eldon is a high school mathematics teacher in the Mifflinburg Area School District, where he has also coached track and field. He is a graduate of Mifflinburg and received his college degree from Lock Haven University, where he met his wife, Lori. She was a four-year starting point guard for the Bald Eagle women’s basketball team and still holds NCAA Division II PSAC records for assists. Eldon and Lori have two children, Zac (14) and Kira (11). Zac is following the family footsteps – playing point guard with JB Hoops, while Kira excels in the sport of gymnastics.