Madison East Boys Basketball

 VARSITY COACHES

The Head Varsity Coach for your Purgolders is Rich Cleveland.  Rich is going on his 22nd year with the team, and has had 26 years of Head Coaching experience.  He just accomplished a career feat, notching his 300th career victory.  Now with 338, this ranks him 3rd in the State among Division 1 coaches, and is now ranked 26th overall on the All-Time Winningist Coach List.  Rich was named as an assistant in the WBCA Boys all-star game in 1997, and most recently named as the Head Coach at the 2006 Division 1 WBCA all-star game.  His North team won the game by 2.  Rich was also named Big 8 Coach of the year during the 1992-1993 season when his Purgolders and their 21-3 record won the Big 8 Conference, and most recently in 2008-2009, as his Purgolders finished with a 19-4 record and finished a close 2nd in conference.  Coach Cleveland is the all time winningest coach in Madison East High School and Madison Metropolotan School District History (254), and also has had the longest tenure here (21 Years).  Rich is a East High Grad of 1978, and was a starter on the Boys Basketball, Football, and Baseball team back then.  He then went on to UW-Whitewater to try and earn his Physical Education and Health degree, and went to Whitewater for 1 year and then finished off his degree at UW-Madison.  He is currently the department chairmen in the Physical Education department where he is a teacher.  Rich currently lives in Stoughton with his wife Tami. And has two sons, Tyler (21) and Ben (16).  COACHING SUMMARY

Tyler Cleveland is entering his 3rd season as an Assistant Varsity Coach at East.  21 year old Tyler played, and started for Stoughton High School and Mike Hintz, for his Junior and Senior year.   He was a big part of the defense, as he set the Stoughton School record for charges taken in a season (24), and for his career (31).  His Senior team lost to Janesville Craig in Sectionals, just one game away from State in Division 1.   He was asked by Hintz to coach the SBBA program this last summer.  He coached in 105 games, (45 Varsity games, 60 JV Games), and had a record of 68-37.  He just finished his second season as the Head Boys Varsity Volleyball coach at East.   Tyler currently lives in Madison, WI.  

 An Assistant coach for Rich Cleveland is Roderick Carson.  Roderick is entering his 12th season as Cleveland's Assistant Coach, and is entering his 13th season with the Purgolder Program.  He is great with the kids and is a great presence at both practice and during games.  Roderick graduated from Madison Memorial High School and then went on to Central State in Ohio and played football.  Roderick has been teaching in the Madison School District for many years at Madison Memorial High School for most of them.  Roderick also coaches a youth team with the Badger Sporting Goods organization (NESYB).  He lives in McFarland with his wife Maritza and daughter Yevonessa. 

Another Assistant Coach is coach Jeff Mack.  Coach Mack is entering his 9th season under Cleveland.  He provides a huge boost of confidence and energy and also provides a great sense of humor.  He is also an assistant coach for the East Football team, and has been for many years.   Jeff also works for Badger Popcorn.  Jeff's son Aaron, was a volunteer assistant for Cleveland for the last couple years before he got a head Football coaching job at Iowa-Grant.  Aaron was a starter on Rich Cleveland's team in the early 90's.  Jeff currently lives in Madison with his wife Carrie and has 2 children.

SOPHOMORE COACHES

Bob Relph - Photo and Bio to Come

Assistant coach Jeff Koch is entering his 3rd season with the Sophomore team.  Prior to coaching at East, Jeff coached 8 years at Edgewood College, as an assistant coach.  An East graduate (1986), Jeff was a two sport athlete in Basketball and Football.  He then went on to go to college, and graduate from Marycrest University in 1990.  Jeff currently lives in Madison, with his wife Toni Rosemeyer and her two sons, Drew and Sam.

FRESHMEN COACHES

Freshmen Purple: Dedric Justice (Bio to come soon)

Freshmen Gold: Chris Davis (Bio to come soon)