Upper Iowa University Athletics Hall of Fame
Bob Horner, class of 1976, is being inducted into the Upper Iowa University Hall of Fame in the coaching category. Horner's athletic and coaching career is one of distinction. A 1965 graduate of Lakewood High School in Lakewood, N.J., Horner excelled in basketball, baseball and football. He attended and competed athletically at North Iowa Community College in Mason City, graduating in 1974. As a Peacock, Horner participated in baseball and basketball, lettering in baseball as a hard-hitting third baseman.
Horner started his teaching-coaching career in 1976 at Britt, Iowa. He was at West Bend High School from 1978 to 1981 as a head coach in football, basketball and baseball, and won two conference titles. From 1982 to 1987, Horner continued his coaching career at Lake Mills, Iowa in the North Iowa Conference as a basketball and baseball coach while winning, once again, two conference titles. Since 1987, Horner has served as the head basketball coach of the Mason City Mohawks. While at Mason City, he has claimed two state championships (1996, 1997), five state tournament appearances, and five CIML Conference championships, and was a sub-state runner-up six times. He currently ranks as the third all-time winningest coach in Mason City history. Horner has coached 25 years and has compiled an overall record of 323-190.
Horner and his wife Beverly are the parents of Tracy, Heather, Kristin and Jeff.
