Ed Bilik ’57 G’62 Selected For Induction Into Small College Basketball Hall of Fame As Member of the Class of 2025

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Kansas City, Mo. – July 18, 2025 – Small College Basketball (SCB) and the Hall of Fame Committee announced that Ed Bilik ’57 G’62 was selected for induction into the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2025.

Bilik will be inducted posthumously among a group of 12 players, coaches and contributors chosen by the SCB Hall of Fame Committee for induction in 2025. The SCB Hall of Fame ceremony will be held on October 31 in Lakeland, Florida. Bilik passed away on March 17, 2024 at the age of 88.

During his undergraduate years at Springfield College, Bilik was a standout baseball and basketball player, as he played first base for the team that went to the College World Series and still holds the program record for triples in a single season.  In addition to being the captain of the baseball team his senior year, he was also a New England All-Star basketball guard that year.

After graduating, Bilik taught chemistry and coached both men’s and women’s basketball at Seton High School in Endicott, N.Y. before returning to Springfield College where he served as the head men’s golf coach and assistant men’s basketball coach. Bilik then spent 20 years as the head men’s basketball coach, where he compiled a 322-196 record for a 62.2% winning percentage.  His teams participated in seven NCAA Division II tournaments and had 18 winning seasons and he was voted New England Coach of the Year in 1970 and again in 1980.  He retired from coaching in 1986.

He was a member of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee from 1997-2010 and served as Secretary Rules Editor responsible for editing the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Book.  During his tenure as Rules Interpreter, he compiled over 500,000 survey responses, gave over 5,000 rules interpretations, and issued over 250 rules memorandums/play situation documents.  In 1989, Bilik was appointed Director of Athletics at Springfield College, a position he held for 10 years.  During those years he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic, the Eastern College Athletic Association (ECAC) Executive and Football Committee and was President of the Eastern Collegiate Gymnastics League (EIGL). In addition, he traveled throughout the country conducting golf clinics for the Lifetime Sports Federation.

Bilik was inducted into the Springfield College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995, the New York State Section 4 Hall of Fame in 1996, and the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004.  In 2011, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) recognized him with the NABC Metropolitan Award, “presented annually in recognition of long and outstanding service to men’s college basketball.”

The SCB Hall of Fame Class of 2025 includes legendary coaches Herb Magee (Jefferson University – formerly Philadelphia Textile) and Dan McCarrell (North Park/Mankato State), contributor Ed Bilik, and Seger Bonifant (West Liberty), Brandon Cole (John Brown), Steve Hondered (Calvin), Bob Kauffman (Guilford), Eric Kline (Northern State), Lambert Shell (Bridgeport), Bill Wardon (North Central (Ill.)), Joey Flannery (Babson) and three-time NBA champion Mario Elie (AIC).

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