Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Groves has their new Girls Basketball Coach.

Written Tuesday July 13th at 12:20 PM

Updated Tuesday July 13th at 6:30 PM

The Falcons have a new girls basketball coach.

Groves named Alison Hidey as the program's new head coach. Hidley takes over for Coach AntJuan Simpkins whom led the Falcons to their first ever district title last season.

Hidey brings a ton of experience to Beverly Hills as an assistant coach and a player. She spent 12 years as an assistant at Dearborn Divine Child. Hidey played college basketball at The University of Michigan-Dearborn.

Sara Liegey was named as an assistant for the program.

Hidey is the third coach in three years for Groves.

"Coach Hidey is our new Varsity Girls Basketball Coach. While this is her first varsity position she comes to us with years of experience as a player and a coach. She is a great addition to our coaching staff and we are excited to see what's in store for our Girls Basketball program" said Groves Athletic Director Tom Flynn in a press release.

The Falcons went 7-8 in the regular season after playing a really difficult non league and Red schedule. Despite playing that type of schedule they fell to Detroit Renaissance in the regional semifinals last season.

It’s going interesting to see what happens but this move shows clearly that Groves is going a different direction.

The Falcons have a young nucleus coming back in Cira Racco, Anaya Robinson, Lily Gallagher, and Jordan Peterson.

Thoughts

This is a very interesting hire. Hidey brings a ton of experience but has never been a head coach. Hidey knows what it takes to get to the next level. It is going to take some time her and the players to adjust to each other.

Program strength is a major concern when looking at the Falcons especially in the sub-varsity levels. If Hidey can address this issue then I think the program will be in a much better place.

Being in the Red doesn’t help things especially with having to see Stoney Creek, West Bloomfield, Clarkston, Royal Oak, Southfield Arts and Tech, and Troy twice and that’s not mentioning districts yet.

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

Here is the Tweet.

https://twitter.com/Birmingham_GGBB/status/1412544249644605447

Here is the Press Release.

https://grovesfalcons.com/main/adnews/ID/53743427 

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I have highest function of autism (Asperger Syndrome.) I'm a huge Dallas Stars fan. I like to play and watch football, especially when the Dragons play on Friday nights. I am a 2006 alum and used to play football for the Dragons. I ran track, I ran the 100, 200, 400 meter dashes along with shot-put and discus. During my time in Orion I was a manager for Junior Varsity Boys Basketball team. I'm the volleyball, girls basketball, and football announcer for the team and do the book on the road for girls basketball. I do the clock for volleyball in the fall along with girls basketball in the winter and announce some boys basketball games as well. In the spring I coach shot-put at Scripps Middle School, in my fifth season coaching. I run the shot-put for high school meets. I played Special Olympics Basketball, I've won three gold medals for them. I host "Between Taorminas" which is on ONTV along with a podcast called "OAA Now". In other various things outside of Lake Orion, I love to jet ski over Saginaw Bay. Saginaw Bay is basically my life. I'm a trained weather spotter for the National Weather Service for Oakland and Huron counties.