Longtime Madison girls basketball coach Al Veneziano looks on during pre-game warmups Monday after the school announced it would name its gym after the coach.

Longtime Madison girls basketball coach Al Veneziano stands with his family, including his wife Debbie, and thanked people in the audience after it was announced Monday night that the school gym would be named after him.

Appreciative parents and Madison basketball fans applaud during a ceremony Monday night in which the gym was named after longtime Madison girls basketball coach Al Veneziano.

Longtime Madison girls basketball coach Al Veneziano, at center right, is congratulated by fellow coach Ed Spencer after it was announced Monday night that the school gym would be named after Veneziano.

Longtime Madison girls basketball coach Al Veneziano stands with his wife Debbie after it was announced Monday night that the school gym would be named after him.