James Halitzka poses with his girls’ basketball team after Bergman won the Tournament of Champions in Fort Smith in December 2023.
The Bergman School District will be searching for a new coach for its high school and junior high girls’ basketball programs. According to a report from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, James Halitzka is leaving the Lady Panthers to become the new head girls’ basketball coach at Greenwood High School.
The announcement comes nearly three months after Halitzka finished his 10th season at Bergman. The Lady Panthers won their second state championship in three years after beating Salem 56-33 for the Class 3A title in March. Halitzka was later named the Class 3A coach of the year for the second time by the Arkansas Basketball Coaches Association.
Bergman also won the Class 3A state championship under Halitzka’s leadership in 2022. The Lady Panthers finished that season with a record of 43-0.
Halitzka will succeed Clay Reeves, who just led Greenwood to two straight Class 5A state championships. Reeves is retiring from the Lady Bulldogs with more than 800 career victories.
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