Geno Ford (2008) - Hall of Fame

Geno Ford

Induction:
2008
Class:
1997

Geno Ford started 113 of 123 games for the Bobcats where he lead the team in scoring as a junior and senior. From 1993-97 he produced 1,752 points for OU, averaging 14.2 ppg, and connected on 79.6 percent of his free-throw attempts and 36.8 percent on three-pointers. After one playing season with the Leicester Riders in the British Basketball League, he returned to the states to begin a distinguished coaching career that is still ongoing. His coaching stops include stints as an assistant at his alma mater, Ohio University, as well as Kent State and Stony Brook. He also served as head coach at in-state schools Shawnee State, Muskingum and Kent State before logging four years as head coach at Bradley and five more at his current position running the program at Stony Brook. He was named Mid-American Coach of the Year while at Kent State in 2010 and 2011, both times as a result of the Golden Flashes winning the league championship. Following in his father’s footsteps, Ford sports an overall winning record and more than 200 victories as a head coach. In 2004, Ford was named to the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Hall of Fame and was enshrined in the Ohio University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008. He enters the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame at age 48. He currently is the head coach for Stony Brook.