Miami Ohio University Athletics
Shumate Hired as Assistant Coach
6/12/2024 9:54:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Head coach Glenn Box announced today that JR Shumate has joined the Miami women's basketball staff. Shumate will serve as an assistant coach with the RedHawks.
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"I'm thrilled to be joining Miami University as an assistant women's basketball coach," Shumate said. "I cannot wait to work with Coach Box, Coach Wierzba, Coach Belke and Coach Royster. I'm so grateful for all the outstanding coaches, educators, players and families that led me here.
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"Miami University and the Oxford community as a whole have such an excellent reputation for high expectations and achievement. I'm extremely excited to get started!"
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Shumate has 26 years of high school coaching experience, including most recently serving as the girls basketball coach at Newark (Ohio) High from 2008-2021. Shumate led the Wildcats to four state Final Fours and his program captured seven consecutive district titles. He had previously coached high school boys' basketball, with stops at Philo, Ridgewood, and Newark.
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Shumate has also spent the past 16 years as a club basketball coach, starting the Ohio Future program in 2016. He is a former classroom teacher (1999-2014), and has served as an assistant high school principal at Newark for the past decade (2014-2024).
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Shumate holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education and Health from Otterbein University, which he earned in 1997. He is a licensed 4th-12th grade principal with a Master's in Secondary Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Leadership from Muskingum University.
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"We welcome Coach Shumate with open arms as we recognize his accomplishments and the fresh excitement we have knowing that we have added a coach with exemplary coaching traits to this staff," said Box. "His level of expertise combined with his knowledge of the Ohio high school scene is eagerly accepted."
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"I'm thrilled to be joining Miami University as an assistant women's basketball coach," Shumate said. "I cannot wait to work with Coach Box, Coach Wierzba, Coach Belke and Coach Royster. I'm so grateful for all the outstanding coaches, educators, players and families that led me here.
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"Miami University and the Oxford community as a whole have such an excellent reputation for high expectations and achievement. I'm extremely excited to get started!"
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Shumate has 26 years of high school coaching experience, including most recently serving as the girls basketball coach at Newark (Ohio) High from 2008-2021. Shumate led the Wildcats to four state Final Fours and his program captured seven consecutive district titles. He had previously coached high school boys' basketball, with stops at Philo, Ridgewood, and Newark.
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Shumate has also spent the past 16 years as a club basketball coach, starting the Ohio Future program in 2016. He is a former classroom teacher (1999-2014), and has served as an assistant high school principal at Newark for the past decade (2014-2024).
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Shumate holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education and Health from Otterbein University, which he earned in 1997. He is a licensed 4th-12th grade principal with a Master's in Secondary Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Leadership from Muskingum University.
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"We welcome Coach Shumate with open arms as we recognize his accomplishments and the fresh excitement we have knowing that we have added a coach with exemplary coaching traits to this staff," said Box. "His level of expertise combined with his knowledge of the Ohio high school scene is eagerly accepted."
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