24-05-2025
Valley native now college coach opens basketball clinic
BROOKFIELD, Ohio (WKBN) – Brookfield native and current University of Findlay men's assistant basketball coach Nate Smoot is opening two youth basketball clinics over the next week.
The first clinic is on May 24 and the second is on May 31. Both clinics are at Brookfield Middle School.
Boys and girls ranging from grades 5 through 12 are invited. Admission is $25 for each session. The session for grades 5 through 7 will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m, and the session for grades 8 through 12 will take from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Working the camp with Smoot will be former YSU men's basketball star-turned professional player Brandon Rush, and current Division I College of the Holy Cross player Will Alijancic.
Smoot said more players and coaches will be added to help with the workouts.
The Valley native graduated from Brookfield in 2018 and played both varsity basketball and golf.
Smoot graduated from YSU in 2023, where he spent time as a student assistant and volunteer graduate assistant on the men's basketball team.
Findlay men's basketball is a Division II program in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. The Oilers finished last season at 24-5 and were the number one seed entering the Great Midwest Men's Basketball Championship.
Reach out to Smoot at 330-979-1506 to reserve a spot.
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