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By Tom Gaffney
Beacon Journal sports writer
Published on Thursday, Apr 16, 2009
Jeff Boals, associate head men's basketball coach at the University of Akron, has resigned to join the staff at Ohio State, multiple sources at UA said.
Boals has been the primary recruiter for coach Keith Dambrot and helped land freshman point guard Anthony ''Humpty'' Hitchens and incoming freshman Zeke Marshall, a highly touted 7-foot center.
The sources said Boals' decision to leave will not mean the loss of Marshall, who signed a Division I letter of intent in November.
It is widely known that Boals wants to become a head coach some day, and he has the credentials and expertise to do just that.
It would be difficult for him to go from being an assistant at a mid-major to being a head coach at a mid-major, a likely starting point. It would be easier to go from being an assistant at a major to being a head coach at a mid-major.
Boals, 36, played at Sandy Valley High School in Magnolia, which is in southern Stark County. He then was a four-year letterman (1992-95) and two-year captain at Ohio University.
He has been an assistant coach at Ohio (1995-96), Charleston (1996-99), Marshall (1999-2003) and Robert Morris (2004-06). He also was associate head coach at Charleston (2003-04).
Boals joined the Zips in 2006 as an assistant coach, working with the team's big men and as recruiting coordinator. He became associate head coach in September 2008.
At UA, Boals replaced Shaka Smart, who left to join the Clemson staff after the 2006 season. Smart spent two years at Clemson and one year at Florida.
Smart, 32, was named coach at Virginia Commonwealth this month.
Tom Gaffney can be reached at tgaffney@thebeaconjournal.com.
Jeff Boals, associate head men's basketball coach at the University of Akron, has resigned to join the staff at Ohio State, multiple sources at UA said.
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North Hill, OH
Posted 05:07 PM, 04/17/2009
Man do I detest Ohio State, this just re-affirms.
