Groves has their new Boys Basketball Coach.

Written Wednesday July 11th at 10:00 PM

The Falcons and Athletic Director Tom Flynn have made a big time splash in the Boys Basketball coaching ranks.

Groves named Benny White as the team's next head coach replacing Mark West. West took an assistant coaching job at Detroit Henry Ford Community College in the spring after the season.

White has been around the basketball ranks a long time.

White has coached in both high school and college. He coached at Detroit Martin Luther King from 1995-2010 posting a 201-89 record with the Crusaders. White was named to the Detroit Public Schools Coaches Hall Of Fame in 2007 and would become the Michigan Regional Coach of the Year in 2010.

White whom graduated from Detroit Northern in 1972 is well known for his college ranks. He played at Michigan State under coach Jud Heathcote from 1973-1976. White became involved in coaching when he became a graduate assistant in 1977. He would leave Michigan State and become a part time assistant at Wayne State in 1978. The following year he became a graduate assistant at Detroit Mercy in 1979.

White became an assistant at Albion from 1986-1989 and would become an assistant at San Jose State in 1989 and served two seasons. White would then return to Detroit Mercy under coach Perry Watson as an assistant from 1993-1995 before taking the Detroit Martin Luther King coaching job in 1995.

In 2011, White was an assistant at Eastern Michigan and served in that capacity until 2017. He was also a scout for the Detroit Pistons from 2006-2009 and was the director of various youth camps ran by legendary NBA players.

Thoughts.

This is clearly a win now move and would certainly please the Groves community. White brings a ton of experience and is a proven winner around the basketball world. Groves went 9-11 and lost to Farmington in the district finals. The Falcons have Daniel Lee returning along with a freshman group that went 10-4 in the league last season.

Groves will play in the White this season which will have Adams, Stoney Creek, Rochester, Farmington, Troy Athens, Southfield Arts and Tech and Avondale. The Falcons will be in a district in which they will host with Seaholm, Birmingham Brother Rice, Royal Oak, and Berkley.

The question for Groves will be is will White be there long term??? that will be the question.

It will be interesting to see what happens with the Falcons this season with White at the helm.

Stay tuned to OAA Now for the latest on this developing story.

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