Silverdale Baptist Academy didn’t have to go far to find its new girls’ basketball coach.
Tim Thompson, an assistant coach last season and the middle school athletic director, has been named to take over for David Massengill, who resigned recently.
“I look forward to building on a successful, growing program at Silverdale,” Thompson said. “We have a group of quality lady athletes at Silverdale who love the Lord and are seeking his best in their lives. Our mission as educators and coaches is to help them on that journey.”
Thompson, a graduate of Peoria (Ill.) Christian School, began coaching at Silverdale in 2010 in the middle school program with boys’ soccer and baseball and girls’ basketball.
“We are ecxited at SBA to have Tim as our head ladies’ basketball coach,” athletic director Al Rogers said. “Not only is he a great coach, but more importantly he is a man of integrity and Christlike character. He is a student of the game. If I had a daughter, I would be honored to have him as her coach.”