Geno Ford

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Geno Ford
Title	Head coach
College	Kent State
Sport	Basketball
Career highlights
Overall	51-32 (.614)
Playing career
1993–97	Ohio
Position	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–01 2001–02 2002–05 2005–07 2007–08 2008–present	Ohio (asst.) Shawnee State Kent State (asst.) Muskingum Kent State (asst.) Kent State

Geno Ford is the head men's basketball coach at Kent State University. Ford was named to the position after Jim Christian left to become head coach at Texas Christian University. Ford previously served as head coach at Shawnee State University in 2001–02 and at Muskingum College from 2005 through 2007. Ford was an assistant at Kent State when he was promoted to head coach.^[1]

Ford played collegiately at Ohio University as a guard.^[2]

As a high school standout at Cambridge High School in Cambridge, Ohio he was named Ohio's Mr. Basketball in 1993. His career total of 2,680 points is third in the history of Ohio high school sports, higher than LeBron James' total of 2,646.^[3]

[edit] Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Shawnee State (American Mideast Conference) (2001 — 2002)
2001–2002	Shawnee State	22-10	13-5
Shawnee State:		22-10	13-5
Muskingum (Ohio Athletic Conference) (2005 — 2007)
2005–2006	Muskingum	17-9	12-6	3rd
2006–2007	Muskingum	12-13	16-12	8th
Muskingum:		29-22	18-18
Total:		51-32
National Champion         Conference Champion         Conference Tournament Champion

[edit] References

v • d • e Kent State Golden Flashes Head Men's Basketball Coaches Whyte • Ulrich • Chandler • Harsh • Wagoner • Starn • Satterlee • Adams • McDowell • Haerr • McDowell • Bertka • Doll • Truitt • Hughes • Boyd • Douma • McDonald • Grube • Waters • Heath • Christian • Ford

v • d • e Current Men's Basketball Head Coaches of the Mid-American Conference Charlie Coles (Miami) • Gene Cross (Toledo) • Keith Dambrot (Akron) • Geno Ford (Kent State) • Steve Hawkins (Western Michigan) • Louis Orr (Bowling Green) • Tim O'Shea (Ohio) • Ricardo Patton (Northern Illinois) • Charles Ramsey (Eastern Michigan) • Billy Taylor (Ball State) • Reggie Witherspoon (Buffalo) • Ernie Ziegler (Central Michigan)