By Ryley Johnson – CHS Student
This year Chisholm High School is grateful to welcome a new head boys’ basketball coach, Mr. Cole Hibler just as he welcomes his first child. When the opportunity arose, Coach Hibler came to Chisholm knowing the district’s history of basketball tradition. He and his wife, Ashley, moved their growing family to Enid to start this new chapter of their life.
Hibler played basketball at Barclay college in Kansas for four years. Before coming to Chisholm, he taught as Blackwell’s elementary PE teacher, head boys golf coach, and assistant boys’ basketball coach.
While Chisholm was getting back into the swing of things as this school year began, the Hibler’s household was growing. Luckily, Hibler was able to take some time off to help his wife with their new baby, Hayden Rose Hibler. When asked about this, Hibler said, “Thankfully, when our baby girl Hayden was born, I was able to take some time off to help my wife. Being a coach’s wife is hard, and I am very thankful for my wife, Ashley. She bends over backwards for me so that I may live out my dreams of coaching. I was glad I was able to take some time off to help her when she needed it most.” Their daughter was born on the evening of August 31st of this year, and the Hibler’s are thankful for how healthy she is.
Coach Hibler is excited to help Chisholm’s basketball boys grow both as players and young men through the season while his ambitions grow to fruition. When asked what his dreams were, he said, “I told my dad when I was 8 years old that I would someday be a head basketball coach just like him, and now I get to live out that dream.” Hopefully, like Coach Hibler, Chisholm’s basketball team can meet their goals too.
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