One of the funnier interviews I've had in a while

Highland women's basketball coach Dean Buckwalter received the honor of being named the co-winner of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association's NJCAA Coach of the Year in Division I.

But that's not the story.

Buckwalter had absolutely no idea when he found out while I interviewed him. This, even though we (The Journal-Standard) received a fax from Highland Community College this afternoon.

Go figure.

Here's Dean's initial reaction:

Buckwalters initial shock -

Buckwalter is unselfish, and it was nice to hear him give credit to the players, and didn't focus much on himself:

Buckwalters humility -

Apparently, I'm the man. Or at least, that's what Dean seems to think of me. LOL.

Apparently, Im the man -

Check out the complete story tomorrow in the paper.