akronzips71 Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 By Jim Baumbachjim.baumbach@newsday.com @jimbaumbachUpdated March 25, 2019 6:37 PM PRINT SHARE Stony Brook has decided to promote assistant coach Geno Ford to become its next basketball coach, according a person familiar with the situation. Ford, an assistant at Stony Brook under former head coach Jeff Boals for the past three seasons, was previously a head coach at Division I programs Kent State and Bradley. Ford, 44, takes over for Boals, who left Stony Brook last week to become the head coach at his alma mater, Ohio University. Ford coached Stony Brook last week when it lost in overtime at South Florida in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational. Ford's experience as a Division I coach combined with the players' and administrators' comfort level with him made him a leading candidate once Boals left. Ford was expected to join Boals at Ohio —where they were college teammates —if he didn’t get the Stony Brook job. Ford takes over a Stony Brook team that finished second in the America East and is in position to potentially return nearly its entire roster. Up first on Ford’s to-do list will be to convince leading scorer Akwasi Yeboah to stick around for his final year of eligibility. Stony Brook confirmed Saturday that Yeboah, a first team All America East player, placed his name in the transfer portal, giving him the option to leave. He is on track to graduate, meaning that as a graduate student transfer he would not have to sit out a season before playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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