Halfway through the winter season, each coach knows where they are and where they want to go.

Pioneer boys basketball coach Thomas Dilworth says his personal goal is to coach character. “I want to have good men, not good basketball players. That’s my biggest thing, focusing on that because it all relates to basketball. It’s discipline, integrity, and accountability. You have to use them to be a good basketball team. I like to win games; it’s fun, but I hope that’s not what I am remembered by.”

Right now, “We’re learning. When we get on the right page and decide we want to win more than, we wan...