Terre Haute North's Woelfle named Indiana All-Stars boys coach, Mt. Vernon head coach Joe Bradburn assistant

Todd Woelfle of Terre Haute North has been named head coach for the 2026 IndyStar boys’ Indiana All-Stars, games director Mike Broughton announced Tuesday (March 31).

Woelfle will be assisted by Chad Ballenger of Hamilton Heights and Joe Bradburn of Class 4A state champion Mt. Vernon (Fortville).

The 2026 boys' All-Stars will play three games in June – one exhibition game against the Indiana Junior All-Stars as well as home-and-home contests against the Kentucky All-Stars. 

Woelfle has compiled a 278-177 record in 18 seasons as the boys' varsity coach at Terre Haute North, including a 24-4 finish with sectional and regional crowns in 2025-26. Over the years, his teams have won two Conference Indiana championships, five sectionals, two regional and 10 Wabash Valley Classic tournaments. 

Woelfle is a two-time HBCA District 1 Coach of the Year (2024, 2026), a two-time Conference Indiana Coach of the Year (2024, 2025) and served as head coach for the 2025 boys' Junior All-Stars. He currently is in his third year as an IBCA district representative.

A 1994 graduate of Terre Haute North, Woelfle averaged 12.7 points and was chosen all-regional as a senior while playing for coach Jim Jones. Woelfle matriculated to Oakland City University, where he averaged 12.5 points, led NCAA Division II in 3-point accuracy (.537) and was a National Christian College Athletic Association second-team All-American as a senior while playing for coach Mike Sandifar.

Woelfle completed his bachelor's degree in physical education at Oakland City in 1999 and earned a master's degree in physical education from Ball State in 2005. He has been a teacher for Vigo County Schools for 27 years, the past 20 at Terre Haute North. 

He started his coaching career in 1999-2000 as a men's basketball assistant at Rose-Hulman. He followed by coaching seventh-grade boys at Sarah Scott Middle School for one year, then assisted Jones at Terre Haute North for seven seasons before succeeding Jones as the Patriots' head coach in 2008-09. 

Woelfle and his wife, Amanda, have two sons -- Gavin, a Terre Haute North senior, and Trenton, a Terre Haute North sophomore.

Ballenger guided Hamilton Heights to a 14-10 mark this past season and is 259-182 in 19 seasons with the Huskies. He is 335-265 overall as a head coach, including two seasons at Eastern (Greentown) and five seasons at Knightstown. His teams have captured nine conference championships, five sectional trophies, one regional title and six holiday tournament crowns.

He was a 2014 Junior All-Star assistant coach and also coached in the 2011 North-South Indiana All-Star Classic and in four Hoosier Gym All-Star Games (2006, 2007, 2021 and 2024). He was named 2004 White River Athletic Conference Coach of the Year and 2004 New Castle Courier-Times Coach of the Year. He served as an IBCA district representative from 2007-10.

A 1988 graduate of Hagerstown, Ballenger competed in basketball, cross country and track for the Tigers and was among the state's Top 100 players in free throw accuracy (.862) as a senior. He earned a bachelor's degree in education from Ball State in 1994.

Ballenger started his career in coaching in 1990-93 at Cowan as a junior high coach and high school assistant for Pat Mapes. He was a student-teacher and high school assistant at Knightstown in 1993-94, then assisted Basil Mawbey at Kokomo from 1994-2000 before becoming the head coach at Eastern (Greentown) from 2000-02. Ballenger followed as head coach at Knightstown from 2002-07, then moved to Hamilton Heights starting in 2007-08.

He is in his 19th year as a teacher and fifth year as a department head at Hamilton Heights, currently teaching advanced physical education, health & wellness and freshman seminar. 

Ballenger and his wife, Stacie, have one child, Cooper, 14.

Bradburn went 28-3 and captured the Class 4A state title in his third season at Mt. Vernon. He is 64-18 with the Marauders and stands 365-252 in 27 seasons as a varsity coach, including one season at Cowan, 10 seasons at Yorktown, four seasons at DeKalb, three seasons at Huntington North and six seasons at Greenwood.

He is a 1984 graduate of Wapahani, where he played basketball and baseball for four seasons each. He earned a bachelor's degree in business education from Ball State in 1989. He later earned a master's degree in administration from Ball State in 1999.

Bradburn began his career in coaching as a Cowan assistant from 1989-93, then went 7-13 in 1993-94 as the school's head coach. He went 134-89 at Yorktown from 1994-2004, 56-30 at DeKalb from 2004-08, 28-38 at Huntington North from 2008-11 and 77-64 at Greenwood from 2017-23. 

His teams have captured five sectional championships, three regional titles, two semi-state crowns and he guided Yorktown to a Class 3A state runner-up finish in 1998. He was the 2003 IBCA District 4 Coach of the Year and served as a 2003 Junior All-Star assistant coach. 

Bradburn and his wife, Dena, have two adult children -- Kyle and Lauren.

The Junior-Senior exhibition game is set for June 3 at Mt. Vernon (Fortville). The first game against Kentucky will be June 5 at Lexington Catholic High School. The final game against Kentucky will be June 6 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. All three dates will be doubleheaders with the IndyStar girls' Indiana All-Stars.

The roster for the 2026 Indiana boys' All-Stars and 2026 boys' Junior All-Stars will be announced later. The roster for the 2026 Indiana girls' All-Stars was announced March 18. The roster for the 2026 girls' Junior All-Stars was announced March 9.

The Indiana Junior All-Stars will play two girl-boy doubleheaders this year – May 31 against the Kentucky Junior All-Stars at Charlestown and June 3 against the Indiana seniors at Mt. Vernon (Fortville).

The 2026 IndyStar Indiana All-Star "Futures Games" doubleheader will be on June 1 at a site to be announced. This event, for girls and boys who are current sophomores or freshmen, will feature two Indiana teams in a North-South format. The girls' Futures Game rosters were announced March 26. The boys' Futures Game rosters will be announced later. 

The Indiana All-Stars program was founded in 1939 when the Indiana boys' All-Stars played the state champion Frankfort Hot Dogs. The series with Kentucky began in 1940, and the girls' portion of the All-Stars was added in 1976. The Junior All-Stars, boys and girls, were added in 1996. The All-Star senior girls have played Kentucky every year since 1976, except 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The All-Star senior boys have played Kentucky in all but three years since 1940 -- 1943 (World War II), 1944 (World War II) and 2020 (COVID-19 pandemic).

The Indiana Senior boys lead 107-46 in their series with Kentucky. The Indiana Senior boys lead 42-12 in games against the Indiana Junior boys. The Indiana Junior boys lead 9-5 in their series with Kentucky. In the three years of Futures Games, the North girls lead 2-1 and the South boys lead 2-1. The Indiana Senior girls lead 55-43 in their series with Kentucky. The Indiana Senior girls lead 42-12 in games against the Indiana Junior girls. The Indiana Junior girls lead 13-1 in their series with Kentucky. 

The Indiana portion of the All-Star Games is organized and produced by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. The Indianapolis Star, with its IndyStar brand, is the title sponsor. Hoosier Shooting Academy is a presenting partner for All-Star Week. Energy Systems Group is a presenting partner of the Saturday doubleheader against Kentucky.