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Ray Zawadzki (the son) lands Troy Christian boys hoop post
TROY — Ray Zawadzki has the perfect game plan for his first boys high school basketball head coaching job.
“I like to take lemons and make lemonade,” said Zawadzki, who was announced as Troy Christian boys hoop coach on Tuesday.
“We’re going to do our best at it.”
The son of the former longtime Vandalia Butler coach of the same name replaces Dan Vaughan with the Eagles, members of the Metro Buckeye Conference. TC was 6-15 last season and returns just one varsity player.
The only other coach in Troy Christian’s seven-year program history was Rick Hickman. Zawadzki spent 10 years as an assistant for his father at VB and the last five seasons at Tippecanoe under head coach Matt Pond. Zawadzki’s son, Kellen, was a standout for two straight 20-0 Red Devils teams and plays at Huntington (Ind.) College.
Zawadzki also starred for his father from 1979-81 at Butler and played at Otterbein.
“It was an easy choice,” said TC athletics director Mike Coots.
“He had a lot of great referrals.”
Zawadzki is owner of Dayton’s United Building Materials. “This just fits my personality and my desire,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to be a head coach.
“We’re going to try and build on what wrestling’s been able to do at Troy Christian.” The Eagles have won three straight Division III state wrestling titles.
• Larry Ham was scheduled to interview for the Lakota West open boys position on Tuesday. The former Springfield South and Trotwood-Madison coach initially was not among the final candidates.
Only one of the other seven candidates has an area tie: Miami University assistant Jason Grunkemeyer.
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By Z-Fan
June 3, 2009 9:30 PM | Link to this
I followed Raymond’s career as a player with Vandalia-Butler and then at Otterbein. He was the best guard that ever played for his pop (better than Randy Clemens or even the oldest Goldberry), and he did all the coaching at V-B in his dad’s last years and then at Tipp in his time as an assistant. Had he been a classroom teacher he would have had a head job years ago. Z, Jr. will approach his old man’s record of 400+ wins before he’s through. I’m now a Troy Christian fan.
By Former Eagle
March 11, 2010 2:52 PM | Link to this
Looks like sometimes we are too quick to annoint someone… The situation at TC has a lot more to do with the administration than with the coaching…