Longtime basketball legend Ron Heflin is photographed on the gym floor that will be named in his honor at Theodore Roosevelt College & Career Academy in Gary, Ind. Wednesday January 16, 2013. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Longtime basketball legend Ron Heflin is photographed next to one of several basketball team photographs featuring him at Theodore Roosevelt College & Career Academy in Gary, Ind. Wednesday January 16, 2013. The gym floor will be named in Heflin's honor Friday evening during a celebration of his legendary coaching career at Roosevelt. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Legendary basketball coach Ron Heflin holds an invitation to a celebration in his honor at Theodore Roosevelt College & Career Academy in Gary, Ind. Wednesday January 16, 2013. The gym floor at Roosevelt will be named for Heflin during a ceremony Friday. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Hutton, Michael 2004 Post-Tribune sportswriter Michael Hutton
Tonight, Roosevelt will rename the Panthers’ gym floor in honor of Ron Heflin. Hef, as they call him, retired in 1997 after 21 seasons as the Roosevelt coach. Heflin finished 345-116 at Roosevelt, winning 10 sectionals, five regionals, three semistates and a state championship with …
