Crown Point High School Basketball Camps
Coaching Staff
Clint Swan | Varsity Head Coach
Crown Point head coach Clint Swan is a 1991 graduate of Rensselaer Central High School and a 1995 graduate of Saint Joseph’s College. Coach Swan was inducted into the Rensselaer High School Hall of Fame in 2013. He is in his 28th year as a basketball coach, 25th as a head coach. In Swan’s first three years as a coach, he coached the junior varsity teams at three different high schools: North Newton, Tri-County, and Andrean.
After his year of junior varsity work at Andrean, he was named their head coach in the summer of 1997 at the age of 24 making him the youngest head coach in the state. His first four years at Andrean were successful ones as Swan amassed 83 wins against only 16 defeats taking the 59’ers to three semi-states and the state championship game in 2000 where the Niners lost to Indianapolis Brebeuf at Conseco Fieldhouse (currently Bankers Life Fieldhouse). In Swan’s first three years as a head coach, Andrean put together the finest record in the state for that time period except for only Marion High School.
From Andrean Swan went to Frankfort High School where the Hot Dogs were twice ranked in the Associated Press Class 3A Top Ten. In Swan’s 24 years as a head coach, his career coaching record is 344-209. He has coached four Indiana All-Stars and 11 Division-I college players. In the summer of 2014, Swan was selected to be an assistant coach for the Indiana All-Star team. In addition, seven of his former assistant coaches have become head coaches.
While at Crown Point, Swan has amassed a record of 206-137. In 2008 his Bulldogs won the Michigan City Sectional finishing the year with a 17-7 record. The following season, CP won 15 games falling in the sectional championship to Valparaiso, and in 2011, Crown Point went 18-4, winning more games than Crown Point had won in more than 20 years. The Bulldogs won the sectional again in 2015 and 2016 and advanced to the Elite 8 finishing with 19-9 records in each of those two seasons. During the 2016-17 season, the Bulldogs finished 22-4, which set a school record for victories. The Bulldogs also won the Duneland Athletic Conference championship for the first time since 1999. Swan was named the Times Coach of the Year in 2015. It was his third time winning the award, tied for most all-time. He also won the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association District I Coach of the Year award, his second time earning that honor.
Swan teaches English at Crown Point High School. He and his wife, Kimberly, a guidance counselor at Crown Point, have one child, Elliot, who is a sophomore at Crown Point High School.
Mike Holobawski | Junior Varsity Head Coach
Coach Mike Holobawski is in his 15th season on the Bulldog coaching staff. His vast duties over the years at Crown Point have included player development, scouting/game preparation, and assistance in the Crown Point AAU program.
He is a graduate of Hanover Central High School. While playing at Hanover Central, he led the Wildcats to the school’s first sectional championship in boys basketball. Holobawski still holds many current HC records and was named 2nd team All-State his senior year. He then played for two seasons at Purdue-Calumet. In 2008 Holobawski was named to the 50th Anniversary Porter County Conference Team designating him as one of the conference’s 50 greatest players of all time.
Coach Holobawski’s coaching career began at Hanover Central as varsity assistant coach for four years. During that time he also coached the Hanover eighth grade team for three years. He was instrumental in the formation of Hanover’s AAU program and coached many of those teams.
Mike worked at the Chicago Board of Trade for 12 years after his playing career prior to heading to Taft Middle School where he currently teaches social studies. Since joining Crown Point Community Schools as a teacher, he is regarded as one of our finest educators, being named a finalist for the Crown Point Community Schools Teacher of the Year and nominated for the 2016 Crossroads Regional Chamber Inspiring Educator award for the Crown Point Community School Corporation.
Coach Holobawski, his wife Wendy, and her son Andrew – an eighth grader at Taft Middle School – reside in Crown Point.
Jake Argenta | Assistant Coach
Jake Argenta is in his first season as an assistant coach with the Bulldogs. Coach Argenta joins the staff after coming to Crown Point as a teacher prior to the 2020-21 school year.
Argenta had a decorated career as a player. In college he played for four years at Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana, an NCAA Division II program. He graduated with a degree in Marketing in 2004.
Prior to his collegiate career, Argenta played at Merrillville High School for the legendary Jim East. The Pirates won two sectionals and two regionals bowing out to Warsaw and Elkhart Central in the semi-state. Individually, Argenta garnered two all-conference selections, two Times all-area selections, and was selected on the second team of the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Senior All-State team.
Following his playing career, Argenta joined Mike Hackett’s staff at Munster High School in 2006 where he would coach through 2019. During his time as an assistant coach, Munster achieved unprecedented success. The Mustangs won six sectional titles and two regional titles. In 2006 they finished the regular season ranked #1 in the state after going undefeated. Munster accomplished those same feats again in 2013 after going 22-0 in the regular season.
Argenta is in his second year at Crown Point High School where he teaches business. He and his wife, Gabby, also a teacher and coach at CPHS, reside in Crown Point with their son, Jett