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Plainfield trustees approve personnel report, name Gavin Groeninger head boys basketball coach
Summary
The Plainfield Community School Corp board approved routine consent items and a personnel report on April 21, 2026, and voted to hire Gavin Groeninger as Plainfield High School’s head boys basketball coach; Groeninger thanked the board and said he looks forward to returning to his hometown program.
The Plainfield Community School Corp Board of Trustees on April 21 approved routine consent items and a personnel report and formally approved the hiring of Gavin Groeninger as the next head boys basketball coach at Plainfield High School.
Staff member Elston, who introduced the personnel report, told trustees the packet (distributed digitally) summarized standard updates on new hires, resignations and retirements and thanked staff for putting the report together quickly to aid staffing for the upcoming school year. The board approved the personnel report by voice vote after the chair called for a vote.
Presenter Ryder Schwanekamp introduced Groeninger as the board’s choice for head coach, citing Groeninger’s previous work as an assistant under Coach Weber and his head-coaching experience at Mooresville. "It's special to me to bring back a fellow Plainfield alum, who's done great things for us as an assistant... and then went off and was head coach at Mooresville and was successful," Schwanekamp said.
Groeninger thanked the board and district staff, naming Superintendent Allen, athletic director Tory Lottie and next year's athletic director Michael Mentzer, as well as Brent Schwannigan. "It means a lot for me to be back in the community, where I grew up... coaching alongside the coach who coached me when I was in high school to a state championship in 1999," Groeninger said, adding that he intends to "put a great product on the floor" and help players be a positive influence on the community.
The transcript records the coach’s role as head basketball coach at Plainfield High School and also uses the phrase "socialized teacher" when describing his school assignment; that term appears in the record and may reflect a transcription error or shorthand. The meeting record provided no public comments on agenda items and included no additional actions in the excerpt provided. The board moved on to other business after the personnel items were approved.
