Avondale has their new Boys Basketball Coach.

Written Wednesday June 5th at 11:30 AM

The Yellow Jackets have found their new head coach.

Avondale named Pat Clancy as the team's new Boys Basketball coach replacing Tim Morton according to Yellow Jackets Athletic Director Keith Gust who confirmed to me the news.

Clancy played his high school basketball at Detroit University-Detroit Jesuit and college ball at Kalamazoo College where he was an MIAA All Second team as a junior in the 06-07 season.

Clancy was an assistant at Warren Cousino and taught at Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes before taking the Avondale job.

Morton was at Avondale in his second stint with the program but stepped down last March to focus more time on his business and family.

Clancy will take over a Yellow Jackets program that has been up and down recently. Avondale was in the White but struggled last season going 9-13 losing to Bloomfield Hills in the district semifinals.

The Yellow Jackets will have a ton of athletic guards returning but the post will be a question. Avondale will move down to the Blue next season joining the likes of Berkley, Rochester, Troy Athens, Seaholm, Pontiac, and Royal Oak.

Thoughts.

This is an interesting hire for Avondale to go with Clancy. Clancy brings a new face to the OAA and a ton of basketball knowledge. I expect his new team to be near the top or middle of the pack this upcoming season.

I'm not sure how the Yellow Jackets will do this season but there is nowhere to go but up from here for them.

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