Allegations against CJ coach stun mentor, rivals

Goldsberry, his high school coach, says, ‘It just makes my stomach sick.’

Former Chaminade Julienne's girls' basketball coach Marc Greenberg.

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By Chick Ludwig, Staff Writer Updated 1:49 PM Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Frank Goldsberry coached Marc Greenberg at Northmont High School, then hired him as an assistant at Chaminade Julienne High School.

Nothing could have prepared Goldsberry for the news that Greenberg faces obscenity charges following his Monday, May 4, arrest.

“I’m saddened for him and his family,” said Goldsberry, the University of Dayton women’s director of basketball operations. “He made a huge mistake. It just makes my stomach sick.

“He was an outstanding player with outstanding work ethic, and he was an invaluable assistant to me (at CJ). I’m just disappointed for everyone involved. He’s a friend that’s gone wayward.”

CJ president Dan Meixner said the school is “saddened and troubled in knowing that our students and families — and community — are in a position to experience, at the very least, broken trust with an adult who was in a position to mentor students at our school.”

Alter coach Chris Hart called the arrest “very shocking. We had great battles on the floor, and away from the game, we always got along. We had a very good working relationship.”

“I was as shocked as anybody,” Beavercreek coach Ed Zink said. “When you coach against somebody for a number of years, you get to know them. I would have never seen this coming.”

Area girls basketball guru Jim Dabbelt said, “The entire girls basketball community is in shock ... Chaminade Julienne has a tremendous national tradition in women’s basketball, and the important thing right now is that the community continues to support the young ladies in the program.”

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