Ken George
Coach Ken George just completed his third year as an assistant basketball coach for the men's team at Hope College. He retired from coaching in 2018 after 24 years as the varsity boys coach at Forest Hills Central High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has been running the HoopSmart camp for the past twenty-one years and West Michigan Guard Academy for the past fourteen. In recent years, he has added several programs to the Ken George Basketball lineup including a fall coaching academy that has sold out for three consecutive years, a fall middle school tryout camp, a summer college league, Girls HoopSmart, an up north coaching academy, as well as various individual training programs with his sons Jordan and Tyler.
A Farmington Harrison graduate, George attended Albion College (1986-1990) where he was a point guard and majored in English and Communication. After two years of working in public relations in the Detroit area, he returned to Albion as an assistant basketball coach and assistant director of admissions. During that time, he also earned his teaching certificate.
Coach George's teams won more than 350 games, nine league, four district, and three regional championships while he was the head varsity coach at Forest Hills Central in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Coach George has been married to his wife, Meggan, for 28 years and they have two sons. Jordan is a high school English teacher at Jenison High School and the Varsity Boys Basketball coach at Forest Hills Central. Tyler was a three-year captain of the Hope Men's Basketball team and is a Program Director with Michigan Basketball Academies.
A Farmington Harrison graduate, George attended Albion College (1986-1990) where he was a point guard and majored in English and Communication. After two years of working in public relations in the Detroit area, he returned to Albion as an assistant basketball coach and assistant director of admissions. During that time, he also earned his teaching certificate.
Coach George's teams won more than 350 games, nine league, four district, and three regional championships while he was the head varsity coach at Forest Hills Central in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Coach George has been married to his wife, Meggan, for 28 years and they have two sons. Jordan is a high school English teacher at Jenison High School and the Varsity Boys Basketball coach at Forest Hills Central. Tyler was a three-year captain of the Hope Men's Basketball team and is a Program Director with Michigan Basketball Academies.