(Editor’s Note: This list was compiled after placing phone calls to prominent newspapers, basketball halls of fame, and high school sports governing bodies in every state. The Smoke Signal believes this...
Jeff Jasper walked into athletic director Joe Talamo’s office and was offered the position of head coach of the girls basketball team in 1973. Talamo said that if Jasper performed well as head coach...
Love at first sight
When Lois Jasper was asked to do a favor for one of her coworkers, she did not expect the unusual twist that it would take.
“One of the women I taught with had a crush on [Jeff...
When the girls basketball team won the 2017 state championship game last winter, Jeff Jasper embraced his son Justin in a bear hug.
This is Justin’s favorite memory of coaching with his father.
Similarly,...
Joe Poli always showed up to work in the same outfit and the same smiley face pin. Now, almost 30 years after his death, his close friend Jeff Jasper wears his own smiley face pin in memory of him.
From...
Each and every Pascack Valley girls basketball game is intense, but Thursday night’s game against Northern Highlands had a different vibe. There was quite an exciting atmosphere that circled its way...
The following videos are a series of tributes from notable people around the basketball world congratulating Pascack Valley girls basketball coach Jeff Jasper on his 1,000th win.
A sea of green overflows the Pascack Valley new gymnasium with the administration, fans, former players, parents, and teachers, smiling for a picture with Jeff Jasper, the PV Girls Basketball...
In the middle of a torrential rainstorm, in the midst of an artillery fight in Mekong Delta, Vietnam, 23 year old Jeff Jasper was thigh deep in standing water leading a company of men. All around him,...
Name: Brianna Wong
Sport: Girls Basketball
Grade: Senior
Position: Guard
The Lowdown: Wong has helped lead her team to a strong start thus far, as the Indians have a 10-0 record. She is averaging...
Jeff Jasper wasn't always the winningest girls basketball coach in New Jersey. Here are some snapshots of his life before basketball and in the early stages of the program.
