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Girls basketball coaches Brad Willis of Villa Park and Ramez Michail of Savanna have accepted new positions.
Willis is the new boys basketball coach for Villa Park and Michail is the new co-coach for the Kennedy girls, Fighting Irish coach Nori Nishida confirmed.
Willis rebuilt Villa Park’s girls basketball program during his 11-year tenure.
The Spartans went 179-133 under the coach, won four league titles and reached three CIF-SS quarterfinals, including in Division 1 this past season.
Villa Park went 2-22 the season before Willis arrived.
He formerly served as a lower-level coach for late Villa Park boys coach Kevin Reynolds.
“It’s kind of coming back home for me,” Willis said of his shift to boys basketball. “I coached the boys under Coach Reynolds as one of his lower-level coaches before I took the girls job (at Villa Park).”
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“I felt strongly about at least applying for the (boys) job to carry on Coach Reynolds’ legacy and that is what I intend to do.”
Michail led Savanna’s to historic heights during his five-year tenure.
He guided the Rebels this past season to the CIF-SS Division 6 title — the first section championship in school history — and trips to the CIF SoCal Regional the past three seasons.
Michail led the Rebels to two league crowns and posted an 89-35 record.
This past season, Kennedy claimed the CIF-SS Division 7 championship — the first section crown in school history — and feature one the county’s top sophomores-to-be in Ta’Niya Paul.
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