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Bolingbrook High School Names New Girls Basketball Coach

Multiple sources have confirmed Coach Tony Smith's successor.

Bolingbrook High School will name its new head girls basketball coach Monday, according to Chicago Tribune. 

Multiple sources told the Trib that Chris Smith will take over the program. Smith was most recently an assistant coach for Joliet Catholic and travel basketball commissioner for the Bolingbrook Panther Sports Club. He was nominated for Bolingbrook Person of the Year in 2011. 

His nomination: 

He dedicates his valuable time and energy to the female basketball players of Bolingbrook (5th and 6th graders through high school level). His efforts are selfless and his only reason for doing this is to assist these girls with obtaining a college education. He gives rides to the girls who have no way of getting to practice. He has made many connections with college coaches and always does his best to get the girls exposure to colleges. Many Bolingbrook girls have benefited from his assistance. And he does all of this without any desire for recognition.
Tony Smith led the Bolingbrook High School Lady Raiders to four state championships and two second place finishes between 2006 and 2011. He announced his resignation last month. 


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