Black Hills State University Athletics

Ernie Mecca, Class ’78, was also inducted as a coach. Mecca built his coaching career in Dubois, Wyo. In 1995, the National High School Athletic Coaches Association awarded him as Region 7 Coach of the Year for his work with girls’ track. The girls’ track team won two state championships and four regional championships while the boys’ track team won three state championships and five regional titles under his direction. He was awarded the Class 1A Coach of the Year in 1990 for boys’ basketball.

Mecca remarked at how humbled he was to join the Yellow Jacket Hall of Fame. He thanked one of his coaches at BHSU, Dave Little, for helping shape him into the coach he became.