“When we first started, we had nothing,” she said of her early coaching days. “We started to sell M&M’s to get uniforms and shoes. Anything the kids needed. And we used those same resources as the team got better through the years. We used those resources to purchase buses to go out of Chicago to play against suburban talent.”
These are the words of the inspiring high school women’s basketball coach Coach Dorothy Gaters.
“Gaters is the winningest high school basketball coach in the history of the state, with more than 1,100 victories. From 1981 to 2019, Gaters led the Commandos to 10 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) state championships in three different class divisions.”
I enjoyed this neighborhood reporting. And proof of all the good that happens just next door.