Farmington (might) have a new basketball coach
It looks as though Farmington High School has its third different boys basketball coach of the 2006 calendar year. This item from the B104 FM web site Monday:
"Amid a cloud of uncertainty, KFMO.com has learned that Farmington has reached a tentative agreement with Joe Arnold to become the new boys basketball coach. Arnold was an assistant basketball coach last year and is also the head coach of the Farmington boys golf team. The coaching vacancy opened back in April when Tim Banger was fired after four years at the helm. Ed Belva was selected to replace him, but resigned after the first few weeks of the school year. The agreement with Arnold is pending board approval. The next Farmington school board meeting is Sept. 19."
3 comments:
Although I'm sure Joe Arnold will do a fine job with the Knights program, I am a little disappointed that former SEMO basketball player Brett Hale wasn't offered the job. Hale, a sharp-shooter who holds the all-time career scoring record at Dexter High School, took up an assistant coaching job at Farmington starting this year after a stint as an assistant coach at Notre Dame under his dad, Paul Hale. I've gotten to know Brett over the years, and he's a great guy with a ton of knowledge on the game. His dad is one of the best coaches in Missouri with over 500 wins, and the elder once told me that Brett knows more about the game than he does. Like father, like son, right?
I don't know much about Joe Arnold, but I have seen both Hales. Both are great people! ND graduated one senior in a dissapionting season of 6-20. Paul Hale took that same team on a trip to Colombia for a final four appearance. I too have heard Paul say that Brett knows the game more, and if this is so, Farmington should make some noise in their district in the future years.
All Hale to Brett!
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