The late John Ward, a longtime boys basketball coach at Bishop Diego and Carpinteria High Schools, was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association on Saturday night.
Ward, who died of cancer last year, was honored at halftime of the CIF 1AA boys basketball final at the Anaheim Convention Center. His son, Johnny, and daughter, Nancy, accepted the award for their father. Johnny is the boys basketball coach at Carpinteria.
Very nice !..He was a great person, teacher, coach and father!