Dorothy Gaters, Illinois’ winningest high school basketball coach, is retiring after 45 years. ‘She coached them. She didn’t coddle them.’

Marshall players celebrate after defeating East St. Louis-Lincoln for the Class AA basketball title on March 27, 1982, in Champaign. The title was coach Dorothy Gaters’ first of eight at Marshall, and the 1981-82 squad was her only team that finished undefeated. (Dave Nystrom / Chicago Tribune)