CrestwoodKnowitall Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Long time boys coach at Oldham Co. has decided to retire after 33 year of teaching/coaching...6 regional titles....who gets this job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goaheadandjump Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Before we talk about who gets the job let me say Gary Forrest is a 100% class act combined with great coaching knowledge. He was a credit to the coaching community and always was willing to sit down with younger coaches and talk basketball. I have known him since the 80's and spent many hours with him at Transy. working in the hot summer gyms. Good luck Coach Forrest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep 3 pointer Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 (edited) Is this North or South Oldham? Edited April 22, 2009 by Ram Rule 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plato Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Is this North or South Oldham? neither - this is Oldham Co. High Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goaheadandjump Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 He was Oldham County for so many years........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttels Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Sorry to hear the news. Although we don't cover Oldham County, we usually saw the Colonels in our 8th Region trips during the year. Congratulations to Coach Forrest on a great career at Oldham County!!! I'm sure ColonelMike will have more insight later!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsmaniac Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Coach Forrest will be missed. Always enjoyed watching him coach. His teams were always very disciplined on the floor. Did a great job of running a great program and maintained excellence while going through 2 new high schools being built in his county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageJoesGym Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Congrats on a great career to Coach Forrest. This is from you freshman manager on the 84-85 Somerset Regional Champion team! Best of luck in whatever you do from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 So where does Oldham County go from here? Internal candidates? Is this a job that will attract statewide interest? Anyone have a short list of possible frontrunners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubbyCAT Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Forrest had a successful career, but was not always the nicest guy to be around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakers22 Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Rumor mill has Matt Watkins, current AD at Oldham and former assistant and Coach Griffin, former head coach at South Oldham as possible candidates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goaheadandjump Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 See I always found him a great guy to be around......of course that was summer......in Lexington.......working camps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger0334 Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Anyone think that Oldham might go after a current head coach in the 8th?? Someone that understands the area and coaches? Or do you think they go and get someone from another region distant from the 8th??? Just questions for thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Schue Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 My dealings with Coach Forrest have always been excellent. He's a credit to the profession, and a super guy. Enjoy your retirement, coach. :thumb: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakers22 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I don't know how many of the 8th region coaches are looking to move. I would think Simpson at South and Edelyn at North would be happy where they are. Duvall at Owen is probably the hottest name of young 8th region coaches and he is Owen to the core. Jones at Gallatin is pretty settled. Nethery at Eminence might be an up and comer but he hasn't proven himself quite yet. Holland at Henry could be a possibility. We here his name in some rumors for jobs from time to time. He has done well at Henry. He might be a candidate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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