Hobie Billingsley, all-time Hoosier great diving coach, led a life like no other idsnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from idsnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hobie Billingsley, a national diving champion in college and veteran of the Army Air Forces, built the Indiana University diving team into a powerhouse during his three decades as coach. Billingsley, 95, died July 16 at a hospice center in Bloomington, Ind.
Hobie Billingsley built the Indiana University diving team into a powerhouse, molded a legion of Olympic divers and trained a generation of instructors. Sports Illustrated once declared Billingsley "far and away the best collegiate coach in the country."