Springboro hires former Franklin coach
Springboro High School announced the hiring of Brian Bales as boys basketball coach Friday. He will be introduced at an event Monday at 7 p.m. in the high school library.
Bales, a 1995 Franklin High School graduate, spent the last 15 seasons as coach at his alma mater and resigned Feb. 28, three days after a 19-5 season. At Springboro, he replaces Brett Kostoff, who resigned for personal reasons Feb. 3 after two seasons.
Springboro finished 9-15 last season. Its roster includes RJ Greer, who aver
aged 15.3 points as a freshman and has received scholarship offers from Florida, New Mexico State and other
schools.
Bales had a record of 267120 at Franklin. His teams won 10 Southwest Buckeye
League championships. He was the Associated Press Division II coach of the year in 2012 and 2015, when one of the nation’s top recruits, Luke Kennard, was a senior.
Kennard finished his fifth season in the NBA and his second with the Los Angeles Clippers in April.
Earlier in his career, Bales was head coach at Miamisburg (2005-07) after serving two seasons as an assistant there.
He also coached Miami University Hamilton from 2003-05 had a 54-9 record in two seasons.
Bales will work at Springboro as the district’s coordinator of behavior and intervention services.