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Nine years ago on this date, March 28, 2000, Ray Slagle was named the head men’s basketball coach at Cedarville University. Slagle stepped down in 2008 to take a high school job in North Carolina. Complete story on the jump.
SLAGLE REPLACES REEP AT CEDARVILLE. HOOPS COACH
WAS 194-50 AT WORTHINGTON
CEDARVILLE — Ray Slagle, who built Worthington Christian into an Ohio high school power, has been named men’s basketball coach at Cedarville College.
He replaces Jeff Reep, who resigned to accept an administrative position on campus after guiding the Yellow Jackets to a 79-77 record in five seasons.
Slagle, 51, posted a 194-50 record in 10 years at Worthington Christian, winning the Division IV state championship in 1999 and finishing runner-up in 1994. His team captured six straight Mid-Buckeye Conference titles.
He earned his second Ohio Division IV Coach of the Year award this past season after leading Worthington Christian to a 26-1 record and another berth in the state finals. The Warriors finished No. 1 in the Associated Press state poll for the second time in six years.
“I believe that when you consider everything that Cedarville College has to offer, from the spiritual perspective to the outstanding academics, it is the best institution in America,” Slagle said in explaining his reason for the move. “I greatly enjoyed my time at Worthington Christian, but I don’t feel there is anything more I can accomplish here. I am looking forward to a new challenge of coaching basketball at a different level and the opportunity to recruit players to a college that I feel comfortable with.”
Slagle is a 29-year coaching veteran, including two seasons as co-head coach with former NBA player Swen Nater at Christian Heritage College near San Diego from 1986-90. The tandem produced a 52-14 record and won the National Christian College Athletic Association championship in 1990, ironically beating Cedarville in the title game.
“We are excited to have Ray joining our athletic staff,” Cedarville athletic director Pete Reese said. “Philosophically, he is exactly where we are as an institution. He possesses an extensive basketball background and he has an excellent reputation among his players, parents and fellow coaches.”
Slagle will serve as an assistant professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science. He already has become involved in the basketball program’s recruiting process and will direct the Yellow Jacket Basketball Camp this summer. He will assume his new position full time in late summer. He and his wife, Matsi, have three grown children.
Cedarville is a Baptist liberal arts college of 2,750 students that competes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the American Mideast Conference.
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