Jeremy McDonald

Head Coach

Boys Varsity Basketball

Coach McDonald enters his 10th season as the Head Coach at Northview. More about Coach:

Family:

Jeremy and his wife Mellisa (Director of Student Support Services for Sylvania Schools) live in the Northview district with their son Mason (9 years old), a 4th Grader at Highland Elementary.

Education:

-2002 Waite High School Graduate

-2006 University of Toledo, Bachelor of Education in Physical Education PK-12

-2011 Bowling Green State University, Master of Education in Administration and Supervision PK-12

Licensures:

*PK-12 Principal

*PK-12 Physical Education and Health Education

*Pupil Activity Permit

Occupation:

The 2024-2025 school year will be Mr. McDonald's 18th year in Sylvania Schools. He currently teaches Health and Physical Education at Northview and Southview. Mr. McDonald previously served as the PE teacher at Stranahan Elementary for 14 years.

Coaching:

-The 2024-2025 season will be Coach McDonald's 21st season coaching high school basketball in NW Ohio.

-Head Coach at Northview, 2015-present (entering season #10), 164-58 record.

*2015-2016: 17-8 overall record. NLL Champions, Sectional Champions

*2016-2017: 16-8 overall record

*2017-2018: 20-4 overall record. Sectional Champions

*2018-2019: 23-1 overall record. NLL Champions, Sectional Champions. Ranked #3 in Ohio in the last poll

*2019-2020: 15-11 overall record. Sectional Champions, District Runners-up

*2020-2021: 21-4 overall record. NLL Tournament Champions, Sectional Champions, District Runners-up

*2021-2022: 24-2 overall record. NLL Champions, Sectional Champions, District Champions. Ranked #4 in Ohio in the last poll

*2022-2023: 16-7 overall record.

*2023-2024: 12-14 overall record. Section Champions, District Runners-up.

Assistant Coach

*2004-2011 Waite (7 seasons) - District semi appearances in 2008 and 2011

*2011-2012 Central Catholic (1 season) - 17-5 record, District semi

*2012-2013 Northview (1 season) - 13-10 record, only winning season from 2007-2015.

*2013-2015 Southview (2 seasons) - 41-6 record, District Runners Up in 2015 (ranked #1 in Ohio)

More about coach:

Jeremy enjoys golfing, playing sports and following Mason's travel sports. He roots for: Chicago Bulls, Notre Dame (CFB), North Carolina (CBB), San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Braves, Dallas Wings

Staff connections:

-Associate Head Coach Evan Bauer: played for Coach at Waite High School from 2005-2009! These were Coach McDonald's 2nd-5th years in coaching.

-Assistant Aerin West: Coach McDonald was the varsity assistant during Aerin's freshmen year (Aerin played varsity as a frosh) and the Head Coach for his senior campaign, where the Wildcats won their first NLL title in 15 years. This was McDonald's first season at the helm for Northview.

-Assistant Alek West: Alek was a four year starter in Coach McDonald's first four seasons as head coach at Northview. Alek won two league titles (2016 and 2019) and the 2019 team was 23-1, finishing the regular season ranked #3 in the Ohio State poll.

-Assistant Joe Guerrero: Like McDonald, Joe is Waite High School graduate. Coach Guerrero was the Head Coach at Waite in 1991, the first year Coach McDonald started attending games as a fan. Joe coached against Jeremy as a player (Waite), assistant (Waite, Central, Southview) and head coach (Northview).