Geno Ford

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Geno Ford
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Bradley Braves
Biographical details
Born	(1974-10-11) October 11, 1974
Playing career
1993–97	Ohio
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–01 2001–02 2002–05 2005–07 2007–08 2008–11 2011–Present	Ohio (asst.) Shawnee State Kent State (asst.) Muskingum Kent State (asst.) Kent State Bradley
Head coaching record
Overall	144–111 (.565)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 2010 Mid-American Conference East Division 2010 MAC Regular Season 2011 MAC East Division 2011 MAC Regular Season
Awards 2010 MAC Coach of the Year^[1] 2011 MAC Coach of the Year^[2]

Geno Ford (born October 11, 1974) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Bradley University. Ford was named to the position after Jim Les was let go in early March 2011. 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.^[3] Ford played collegiately at Ohio University as a guard.^[4]

As a high school standout at Cambridge High School in Cambridge, Ohio he was named Ohio's Mr. Basketball in 1993. He played for his father Gene Ford. His career total of 2,680 points is third in the history of Ohio high school boys basketball, behind Jon Diebler (3,208 points) and Jay Burson (2,958), but higher than LeBron James (2,646).^[5]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Shawnee State (American Mideast Conference) (2001–02)
2001–02	Shawnee State	22–10	13–5
Shawnee State:		22–10	13–5
Muskingum (Ohio Athletic Conference) (2005–07)
2005–06	Muskingum	17–9	12–6	3rd
2006–07	Muskingum	12–13	6–12	8th
Muskingum:		29–22	18–18
Kent State (Mid-American Conference) (2008–2011)
2008–09	Kent State	19–15	10–6	T-3rd	CIT 1st Round
2009–10	Kent State	24–10	13–3	1st	NIT 2nd Round
2010–11	Kent State	25–12	12–4	1st	NIT Quarterfinals
Kent State:		68–37	35–13
Bradley (Missouri Valley Conference) (2011–present)
2011–12	Bradley	7–25	2–16	10th
2012–13	Bradley	18–17	7–11	T-7th	CIT Quarterfinals
Bradley:		25–42	9–27
Total:		144–111
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

References

↑ "MAC Announces Player of the Year, Coach of the Year". MAC-Sports.com. Mid-American Conference. March 8, 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
↑ "MAC Announces Men's Basketball Player of the Year, Coach of the Year". MAC-Sports.com. Mid-American Conference. March 7, 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
↑ Alexander, Elton (2008-04-02). "Kent State names Geno Ford men's basketball coach". www.cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com). Retrieved 2008-04-02.
↑ Head Coach Geno Ford - KentStateSports.com—Official Web Site of Kent State University Athletics
↑ State Records : Boys Basketball

Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball head coaches

Alexander Whyte (1913–1915)
Donald Ulrich (1915–1917)
No team (1917–1919)
Paul G. Chandler (1919–1923)
Frank Harsh (1923–1925)
Merle E. Wagoner (1925–1933)
Gus Peterka (1933–1935)
Donald Starn (1935–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
William A. Satterlee (1944–1946)
Harry Adams (1946–1948)
David E. McDowell (1948–1951)
Clarence R. "Bud" Haerr (1951–1955)
David E. McDowell (1955–1957)
William Bertka (1957–1961)
Robert F. Doll (1961–1966)
Frank Truitt (1966–1974)
Rex Hughes (1974–1978)
Mike Boyd # (1978)
Ed Douma (1978–1982)
Jim McDonald (1982–1992)
Dave Grube (1992–1996)
Gary Waters (1996–2001)
Stan Heath (2001–2002)
Jim Christian (2002–2008)
Geno Ford (2008–2011)
Rob Senderoff (2011– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Bradley Braves men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1902–1909)
Fred Brown (1909–1918)
Harold Olsen (1918–1919)
Fred Brown (1919–1920)
Bill Allen # (1920)
Alfred J. Robertson (1920–1943)
No team (1943–1945)
Alfred J. Robertson (1945–1948)
Forddy Anderson (1948–1954)
Bob Vanatta (1954–1956)
Chuck Orsborn (1956–1965)
Joe Stowell (1965–1978)
Dick Versace (1978–1986)
Stan Albeck (1986–1991)
Jim Molinari (1991–2002)
Jim Les (2002–2011)
Geno Ford (2011– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e Current men's basketball head coaches of the Missouri Valley Conference

Geno Ford (Bradley) Ray Giacoletti (Drake) Marty Simmons (Evansville) Dan Muller (Illinois State) Greg Lansing (Indiana State) Porter Moser (Loyola) Paul Lusk (Missouri State) Ben Jacobson (Northern Iowa) Barry Hinson (Southern Illinois) Gregg Marshall (Wichita State)

Persondata
Name	Ford, Geno
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player-coach
Date of birth	October 11, 1974
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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