Knights Changing Boys Basketball Coaches Again.

Written Saturday April 2nd at 9:00 PM
Updated Monday June 13th at 12:10 AM

The Oak Park Knights will be getting a new Boys Basketball Coach again this winter.

Jamie Thomas resigned as Knights Coach last month according to MIPrepZone's Scott Burnstein. Oak Park finished 10-11, losing to Detroit Renaissance 63-40 in the district playoffs last season.

The Knights will be going with their eighth coach in nine seasons in the 2016-2017 season but what was odd was that Thomas was not on the bench for the final four games of the season as long time Oak Park Football Coach and Athletic Director Greg Carter took over the team.

Carter is no stranger of taking over the Boys Basketball team as he had to take over the team in 2014-2015 after then coach Bryan Tipton was forced out after he was caught tampering two of his best player's grades.

Thomas was ejected for arguing with officials during it's 64-55 loss to St. Clair and served a one game suspension because of it. He had been in his first season coaching at Oak Park. Thomas previously coached Boys and Girls Basketball at Walled Lake Central and was an assistant at West Bloomfield.

The Knights coaching search could feature four interesting candidates in Jamie Arnold whom played at Oak Park in the 1990's, Bobby Thompson's name has been mentioned as well as he coached at Oak Park Academy and is an employee at Oak Park, and also long time Knights Coach Al Katalla whom coached the Varsity and Sub-Varsity teams at Oak Park. If the Knights go out of the box then they could look at former Waterford Kettering, Southfield, and Pontiac coach Ben Kelso. Kelso would be an interesting fit for Oak Park if hired.

Whomever the new coach will be will get the luxury of playing in the White this winter against teams such as Troy, Pontiac, Troy Athens, among others.

Stay tuned to OAA Now for this developing story as it unfolds. Now there are two openings in the OAA in Boys Basketball, the one at Oak Park and also at Oxford.