By Terry Boehmker

NKyTribune sports reporter

When Bill Krumpelbeck was inducted into the Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1999, some of his best years as Covington Catholic’s head coach were still ahead of him.

CovCath won its first state championship in 2002 and then continued a run of 20-win seasons that carried Krumpelbeck to second place on Kentucky’s list of career coaching victories and made him one of the most successful active coaches in the nation.

On Friday, the high school announced that Krumpelbeck was stepping down as head coach of the Colonels after 48 years. His teams compiled a 1,149-485 record for a 70.3 winning percentage.

“For nearly five decades, he has modeled what it means to be committed — not just to a sport, but to a school, its mission an

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