Boys basketball head coaching changes

Arcanum: Brian Gunter resigned to succeed Matt Wilhelm at Ross; succeeded by Marcus Bixler, who left Tippecanoe.

Beavercreek: John Ahrns resigned after seven seasons; succeeded by Mark Hess, 29, who left Hilliard Darby.

Bradford: Jeff Case resigned; succeeded by Steve Pickel.

Emmanuel Christian: Dan Moore has returned after coaching the two previous seasons at Graham. Until that, Moore had been the coach for 10 seasons at ECA.

Fort Loramie: Corey Britton resigned as the Riverside girls coach to succeed Karl Ratermann, who was not rehired despite a successful six-year run as the head coach at his alma mater.

Fort Recovery: Chris Guggenbiller succeeds Brian Patch; Guggenbiller is a 1999 graduate of Fort Recovery and a member of the 1999 state runner-up team. He coached various Vandalia Butler teams the previous 11 seasons.

Graham: Dan Moore left after two seasons.

Hamilton: Tim Robinson resigned; succeeded by Sean Van Winkle, who left Lakota West.

Lebanon: Kevin Higgins left Aiken to succeed Pat Murphy.

Mechanicsburg: Gary Wilsey left after two seasons; succeeded by Matt Siegel, previously a JV coach at Perrysburg.

Miami Valley: Ken Laake, also the former AD, left to become the AD at Clark State; succeeded by Kevin Kemper.

Southeastern: P.J. Bertemes resigned; succeeded by Brian Hecker.

Tippecanoe: Marcus Bixler resigned to succeed Brian Gunter at Arcanum; succeeded by former Centerville coach Jim Staley.

Waynesville: Todd Cook resigned after four seasons; succeeded by Michael Arlinghaus.

West Carrollton: Dan Gerhard resigned for health reasons after a two-term run with the Pirates that stretched over 27 seasons; succeeded by former Trotwood-Madison varsity assistant Tony Clemens.

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