Father and son leading Germantown's success
Some parents, regardless of their experience, become coaches only because their son or daughter will eventually be on the team.
Germantown boys basketball coach Steve Showalter is not one of them. In fact, he thought he would have been replaced by the time that happened.
"My sons were 6 and 4, I think, when I started coaching," Showalter said. "I was looking at the short term; I'd be someone to help out for a while until they found a real coach."
It turns out that real coach is Showalter, who played for Bo Ryan at UW-Platteville and has clinched his 10th winning season in 11 years with the Warhawks.
"I loved to play; I've been a basketball player my whole life," Showalter said. "Even in adulthood, I still enjoyed playing the game, going around the country in three-on-three tournaments, or any adult open basketball I could find. The coach that was here before me came into the police department where I work because he knew who I was. He had been asking me to help him on his staff. I had gotten to the age where my playing career was starting to slow down, so I thought I'd pitch in."
As of now, only four boys teams from the Milwaukee area's eight conferences have won at least 18 games every year since the start of the 2006-'07 campaign: Germantown, Racine St. Catherine's, Whitefish Bay Dominican and Wisconsin Lutheran.
Germantown is seeded first in the Division 1 playoffs with a 21-1 record and has won its last 11 games since a loss to De Pere.
The team finished 14-0 in the North Shore Conference and won its fourth league title in the last five years. Before Showalter was hired in 2000, the Warhawks won a total of two conference crowns.
"A lot of good kids have busted their rear ends to get us to this level," Showalter said.
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