Local basketball official Eric Coburn will be honored as “Outstanding Official Of The Year” by the IHSAA. He will receive the honor at halftime of Saturday’s 3A boys basketball state championship game in Indianapolis. Coburn has been a licensed basketball for 29 years. His first boys sectional was in 1990 and since then he’s worked 18 sectionals, 10 regionals, six semistate and four state finals, totalling more than 90 postseason games. He has been the secretary of the Northern Indiana Officials Association for 10 years and served as president for six years. He has been a rules interpreter for 12 years and a rules clinician for eight years. He has served on the Awards Committee and Internal Committee for ASOA. Retired from the Warsaw Police Department, Coburn also gives presentations to area civic clubs on the topics of refereeing basketball and law enforcement. Coburn has been married to his wife Yvonne for 41 years. They have two children and three grandchildren.
