Falls names Womack hoops coach

New Menomonee Falls boys basketball coach Aaron Womack had the itch to run a program again, but first he needed to clear things with his wife.

“The main thing she said was I prefer you not to because we’re busy,” he said. “However, you don’t want to look back and have any regrets.”

Womack also wanted to talk to his longtime friend Steve Showalter, who in April agreed with the administration to step down. Womack spent five seasons as Showalter’s assistant, three at Germantown and two at Menomonee Falls.

“Taking the job was one of the hardest decisions I had to make just from a loyalty standpoint, but he (supported) me, so having his backing really meant a lot,” Womack said.

With their support and the thumbs up from his children, Womack took the job. He arrives hoping to provide stability to a program that has now had five coaches in the last 10 years.

Womack, however, is no stranger to Falls. His daughter and nephew were part of the high school’s 2018 graduating class and his son, a sixth-grader, plays in the Falls junior program. Womack also has a seventh-grader and thirdgrader in the district.

Though most people at Falls know him as an assistant, Womack has a long résumé as a head coach.

He spent four years as the coach at Milwaukee North from 1997-2001, coaching the Blue Devils to a regional title in 1998. He coached Milwaukee Juneau in 2005-’06, its final season before closing (the school has since reopened). Womack then landed at Milwaukee Madison from 2006-’09 and his last stop as a head coach was at Martin Luther in 2011.

Menomonee Falls was 11-13 overall last season and finished seventh in the Greater Metro Conference with a 5-11 record. The team graduated its top three scorers but is expected to return rising junior Buck Siebert, who averaged 9.2 points per game, plus a senior class that had a number of players contribute last season.