Those who were closest to Bill Probst can tell stories about the old basketball coach all day.

They remember him as a taskmaster, a character, a hard-but-fair man and a man-to-man defensive genius who viewed offense as a necessary evil.

“His goal was always a shutout,” McHenry County College athletic director Wally Reynolds said, “If he could have played defense on both ends of the floor, I’m sure he would have.”