Karen Niemeier

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Karen Niemeier
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Current team: Winnebago
Career record: (1981-2010)
Former school(s): none
Other leadership: IHSSBCA board member
IHSSBCA Hall of Fame (2006)

Karen Niemeier is the head coach at Winnebago High School in Winnebago, Illinois. She was the founder of the quizbowl program there in 1981, and has had one of the longest tenures of any quizbowl coach in Illinois. She is currently believed to hold the longest coaching tenure of any active coach in the state. As of 2008, her teams have won over 900 matches, and she is on track to be the third coach in state history to see 1,000 wins.

Her warm demeanor and modesty, coupled with her obvious experience and accomplishments ranks her as one of the most revered coaches in the state of Illinois.


Hall of Fame

In 2006, Coach Niemeier was inducted with the second class of the IHSSBCA Hall of Fame; only the third active coach to be so honored. Her citation reads:

Founder and Coach of Scholastic Bowl at Winnebago High School 1981-_____
Winner of 878 Matches; Masonic State Champion 1994; 8 Sectional Championships
IHSA State Champion 1993, 1995; IHSA 3rd. place 1994, 2006
Helped found and Charter Board Member IHSSBCA; Hosted first Masonic tournament
Champions, National Scholastic Showdown, St. Louis, 1994
Hosted Winnebago Invitational for 15 years