(1974-10-11) October 11, 1974 (age 49) Cambridge, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
1993–1997
Ohio
1997–1998
Leicester Riders
Position(s)
Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–2001
Ohio (GA/assistant)
2001–2002
Shawnee State
2002–2005
Kent State (assistant)
2005–2007
Muskingum
2007–2008
Kent State (assistant)
2008–2011
Kent State
2011–2015
Bradley
2016–2019
Stony Brook (assistant)
2019–present
Stony Brook
Head coaching record
Overall
240–232 (.508)
Tournaments
3–2 (NIT) 0–1 (CBI) 2–2 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× MAC regular season (2010, 2011)
Awards
2× MAC Coach of the Year (2010, 2011) Ohio Mr. Basketball (1993)
Gene A. "Geno" Ford[2] (born October 11, 1974) is an American college basketball coach and former college and professional basketball player. He is currently the men's head coach for the Stony Brook Seawolves, a position he has held since 2019. He was previously the head coach at Shawnee State University, Muskingum University (then Muskingum College), Kent State University (2008–2011) and Bradley University (2011–2015).
Ford was an assistant coach at Ohio University, Kent State and Stony Brook. He was promoted to head coach at Stony Brook after serving on Jeff Boals' staff for three seasons. Before turning to coaching, Ford was a prolific scorer in high school and in college at Ohio University. He graduated with the second-most points scored in Ohio high school basketball and the fourth-most points for the Ohio Bobcats.
^"Introducing the Mid-Major Madness Coaching Contract Database". 4 November 2019.
^Greenberg, Martin. "COACHING FREE AGENCY HAS A PRICE: LIQUIDATED DAMAGES UPHELD IN THE GENO FORD / KENT STATE CASE" (PDF).
Gene A. "Geno" Ford (born October 11, 1974) is an American college basketball coach and former college and professional basketball player. He is currently...
at Miami in the mid-1980s. Smith's nickname, Geno, came from his grandfather, who was nicknamed "Big Geno". Smith was admitted to Norland Middle School's...
University. Ford's older brother GenoFord is currently the head coach at Stony Brook in Stony Brook, New York and his father Gene Ford was a longtime...
coach Jim Christian from 2002–06. Then, he was hired by former head coach GenoFord to be his associate head coach. Senderoff was then hired by Kelvin Sampson...
(1992–1996) Gary Waters (1996–2001) Stan Heath (2001–2002) Jim Christian (2002–2008) GenoFord (2008–2011) Rob Senderoff (2011– ) # denotes interim head coach...
debut". September 15, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019. Geno (21 December 2019). "Raymond Ford KNOCKS OUT Francisco Muro in ONE ROUND: Danny Jacobs – Julio...
Dustin Ford in 1994-95. - Todd sets a CHS single-season record for three-pointers with 74, breaking the previous record of 72 set by GenoFord in 1991-92...
(1965–1978) Dick Versace (1978–1986) Stan Albeck (1986–1991) Jim Molinari (1991–2002) Jim Les (2002–2011) GenoFord (2011–2015) Brian Wardle (2015– )...
in a relationship with one. June then entered a relationshp with Eugene "Geno" Doak. Doak has a criminal record, having served jail time for burglary,...
(1965–1978) Dick Versace (1978–1986) Stan Albeck (1986–1991) Jim Molinari (1991–2002) Jim Les (2002–2011) GenoFord (2011–2015) Brian Wardle (2015– )...
consisting of Angelo Dawkins (Gary Gordon, born July 24, 1990) and Montez Ford (Kenneth Crawford, born May 31, 1990). The team is currently performing in...
(1978–1984) Joe Castiglie (1984–1991) Bernard Tomlin (1991–1999) Nick Macarchuk (1999–2005) Steve Pikiell (2005–2016) Jeff Boals (2016–2019) GenoFord (2019– )...
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