Oak Park has a new Boys Basketball Coach.

Written Sunday September 27th at 4:45 PM

The Knights made a huge coaching hire when they named Durand Sheppard as their new boys basketball coach replacing Bobby Thompson who stepped down recently.

Sheppard was an assistant coach for the AAU team "The Family." He was very successful coaching as an assistant and coached at Detroit St. Martin DePorres.

Detroit St. Martin DePorres used to be where current legendary athletic director and coach Greg Carter used to be at before he came to Oak Park in 2011.

The Knights are going to be a very young team in 2020-2021 and they are going to be in the Red with the likes of Clarkston, North Farmington, West Bloomfield, Farmington, and Ferndale. Their district is going to be very challenging with the likes of Detroit University-Detroit Jesuit, Detroit Renaissance, Detroit Mumford, and Berkley which will be at Royal Oak.

It will be very interesting to see what Sheppard brings this season to Oak Park.

Thoughts.

I like this hire, I got to meet Sheppard, he's a good man and a good coach. He will do wonders for the Knights. I don't know if this team will be ready for the Red but they will be competitive.

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