New Bishop Chatard High School boys basketball coach Travis Daugherty got his first head coaching job at the age of 25, just two years out of college. Don't tell him it was quick, however.

He'd been preparing for that opportunity since he was born.

The son of longtime Indiana high school and small college coach Stan Daugherty, Travis Daugherty knew he wanted to be a coach at a young age and demonstrated he was ready for the challenge when Tipton hired him after just two seasons as an assistant at Alexandria. He increased the team's victory total each season, winning back-to-back sectional titles the past two years.

"I saw (my dad's) passion for the game and for kids for a long time, and it's something I've known I wanted to do for a number of years," said Daugherty, who played at Anderson University. "(Getting my first head coaching position) was quick in a sense but, at the same time, I was ready for that next challenge. I was very fortunate to be surrounded by a great support staff and fantastic group of players who worked very hard to build that program into something really positive."

The team's 12-10 record in Daugherty's third season was just its second winning record in a decade, but he will be taking over a different situation at Bishop Chatard. The Trojans have a tradition of success in a number of sports -- and Daugherty, 30, replaces Chris Quinn, who resigned after the team's first losing record since 2000-01.

"Chatard has been so successful for so long in so many different areas," said Daugherty, who will teach English and serve as an assistant dean of students. "The more I talked to people and looked into the basketball program, the more excited I got about the potential to really build a successful program over time. My hope is the success of the other programs will help to establish that winning tradition for basketball, too."

The position was also appealing because Daugherty's wife recently took a job at Riverside Intermediate School in Fishers, and it will allow them to work and live close by. She had been working at Hamilton Southeastern while he was coaching at Tipton.

"(What made him the choice was that) he had such success at a relatively young age," Chatard athletic director Mike Ford said. "It's always hard to get that first opportunity, and he made the most of it at Tipton. He came across in a charismatic way and convinced me he was the one to take our guys to tremendous success."