The Vienna Girls Basketball team dominated Herrin 70-34 on Monday night. The victory improved the Lady Eagles to 14-2 on the season but was just as big in the career of head coach Rick Metcalf – it was his 700th career victory.
Congratulations to Vienna head coach @metcalf_rick who picked up win number 700 tonight, as the Lady Eagles defeated Herrin 70-34!
📸: Darla Waters pic.twitter.com/k3WxaoosWl
— River Radio Sports Central (@RRSportsCentral) January 14, 2025
The win was the first for Vienna after suffering two straight losses at the Benton Rangerette Christmas Classic after starting the year 13-0.
Metcalf has had a storied career across Southern Illinois high school basketball. He began his career at Joppa, coaching the boys from 1984 to 1986. He put together an 18-17 record there before going to the college ranks to coach at both Kaskaskia and Murray State for a time.
Metcalf returned to the high school realm in 1990 and hasn’t left since. He has coached the boys and girls programs of both Sesser-Valier and Vienna the past 25 years.
From 1990 to 2004, Metcalf coached the Sesser-Valier boys to a 307-109 record. He then took over the Vienna Boys from 2004 to 2008, accumulating a record of 89-30. In 2011, Metcalf took over the Sesser-Valier Girls program and put together a 195-33 record until he stepped down in 2019. Metcalf has been head coach of the Vienna Girls since 2020 and put together a record of 89-36 so far with the Lady Eagles.
His career record is 700-225.
