Waterford Kettering has a new Boys Basketball Coach.
Written Monday March 31st at 8:38 PM
Waterford Kettering has their new boys basketball coach as they are about to enter the OAA this winter.
The Captains named Rex Walters as their new boys basketball coach.
“Big thank you to AD Shayne Hynes, Principal Ben Harwood, and Waterford district AD Alison Sartorius and the search committee for the opportunity to work with the young men at Waterford Kettering. Excited to get to work and get back on the Basketball Court” Walters said on X.
Walters takes over for Coach Steve Emert who stepped down earlier in the month. Emert went 9-81 in his four years with the Captains which also went 2-44 in the last two years.
Walters will have an experienced team in Jordan Jarrell, Gustas Garbenis, Haiden Bigelow, Braycen Harrington, Dylan Hamel, Josh Wagner, Jessie Redick, Brycen Land, Jack Buczek and Katim Jallow coming back.
Walters is the father of former Adams standout Gunner Walters and Clarkston standout Ace Walters.
He played at Northwestern and Kansas and played in the NBA for ten years with the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, and the Miami Heat. He coached the Detroit Pistons G-League team in Grand Rapids along with assistant coaching jobs with the New Orleans Pelicans and served as an assistant at Nevada and at Wake Forest. He was also the acting head coach for a time at Florida Atlantic and San Francisco according to MIPrepZone’s Matt Mowery.
This looks to be a home run hire with Walters taking over the program. Waterford Kettering is in a long rebuild and entering a new league is going to be a challenge. It will be very interesting to see what Walters does with the Captains.
Stay tuned to OAA Now for the latest on the developing story.
Walters Tweet on X
https://x.com/CoachRexWalters/status/1906846531304456534
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