Gene A "Geno" Ford was born on October 11,1974 and is an American college basketball coach and former college and professional basketball player.
24 Facts About Geno Ford
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Geno Ford is currently the men's head coach for the Stony Brook Seawolves, a position he has held since 2019.
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Geno Ford was previously the head coach at Shawnee State University, Muskingum University, Kent State University and Bradley University.
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Geno Ford was promoted to head coach at Stony Brook after serving on Jeff Boals' staff for three seasons.
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Geno Ford graduated with the second-most points scored in Ohio high school basketball and the fourth-most points for the Ohio Bobcats.
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Geno Ford was a high school standout at Cambridge High School in Cambridge, Ohio, playing for his father, Gene Geno Ford.
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Geno Ford scored 2,680 points in high school, second-most in history at the time of his graduation and currently the fourth-most behind Jon Diebler, Luke Kennard and Jay Burson, but higher than LeBron James.
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Geno Ford still holds the record for most free throws made in a season and most career free throws in Ohio high school boys' basketball.
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Geno Ford was named to the All-Ohio Division II first team following both his junior and senior seasons and was a two-time All-Eastern District Division II Player of the Year and two-time All-OVAC Class 4-A first team pick.
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In 2004, Geno Ford was named to the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Hall of Fame.
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Geno Ford played at Ohio University as a guard from 1993 to 1997, wearing No 12.
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In four seasons with the Bobcats, Geno Ford averaged 14.2 points per game on 41.4 percent shooting.
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Geno Ford was named to the All-MAC Second Team in 1996 and the All-MAC First Team in 1997.
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Geno Ford scored 1,752 points in college, graduating as the fourth-highest scorer of all time in Ohio Bobcats program history.
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Geno Ford started 113 games, breaking the program record at the time, while he still ranks in the top 10 for three-pointers made and free throws made.
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Geno Ford currently holds the program record for most free throws made in a single game on February 2,1997, breaking the old record which had stood for 42 years.
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Geno Ford began his coaching career in 1998 as a graduate assistant at his alma mater Ohio University, and then promoted to a full-time assistant coaching position the next season, before becoming head coach at Shawnee State University of the NAIA in 2001.
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In 2005, Geno Ford was hired as head coach at Muskingum College, now Muskingum University, of the NCAA Division III, where he coached for two seasons before returning to Kent State as an assistant.
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Geno Ford was promoted to head coach at Kent State in 2008 following Christian's departure to TCU, and coached the Golden Flashes for three seasons.
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At Kent State, Geno Ford led the team to consecutive Mid-American Conference regular season titles in 2010 and 2011, winning MAC Coach of the Year both years.
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Geno Ford left Kent State one year into the extension to become the head coach at Bradley University, where his salary increased to $700,000.
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Kent State rejected Bradley's offer of a single $400,000 payment and won the lawsuit in 2013, forcing Geno Ford to pay his former employer $1.2 million.
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On March 17,2019, Geno Ford was named the interim head coach of Stony Brook after Boals resigned to accept the head coaching job at Ohio University.
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Geno Ford won his 200th game as a head coach on December 14,2021 against Central Connecticut.