An Exciting Future for Jordan Myers and his Team

By: Kori Wedeking


The Clarksville boy’s basketball team will be beginning their 2018-2019 season on Monday, November 12 with new coaches by their side. Jordan Myers has taken over the head coaching position with Justin Jacobs, Al Lindaman, and Brandon Zelle as assistant coaches.

Myers previously coached the Clarksville Junior High boys for two years. He has also assisted Ross Timmermans at the high school level for both boys and girls, but this will be his first head varsity coaching experience. Justin Jacobs will be Myers’ main assistant. Jacobs has spent almost twenty years as a basketball official. Jacobs also has some football coaching experience at Waterloo East.

Although most people would probably feel a little nervous about such a big coaching opportunity, Myers does not.

“It’s obviously always a big jump from an assistant role to a head coaching job, but I’m a lot more confident than I am nervous. This is a very experienced group, and that helps obviously. Coaching under Coach Timmermans is about as good of training for a head coaching job anyone could ask for,” Myers explained.

After graduating just one senior from last season’s team, Myers and his assistants are expecting a great season from the nineteen boys that are out this year.

“This is a really experienced and talented group. These seniors have improved our win total every year they’ve been in high school, and we are really looking to take the next big step this year,” Myers commented.

Myers and his team have about two weeks to prepare before their first game at Rockford on Monday, November 26.