November 15, 2024

Former coaches loved working with Ohio State's Duane Washington Jr., 'Headaches and all'

Adam Jardy   | Buckeye Xtra Andre Chevalier laughed the type of laugh only a man who has been there can muster. A fixture in the Los Angeles basketball scene, the longtime coach and trainer is currently the boys basketball coach at Sierra Canyon High School, where four years ago he had the opportunity to coach a team that included senior-year transfer Duane Washington Jr. Together, they helped take the Trailblazers to California’s 2018 open division championship. Chevalier has seen the highs that can come with coaching a player of Washington’s caliber. And yet, when hears that Ohio State men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann tells reporters that although he always loves him, Washington will send him “to an early death” with some of his in-game decisions, Chevalier can’t help but laugh. Buckeyes basketball: ‘Till death do them part, Chris Holtmann and Duane Washington’s bond key for Ohio State “I understand completely,” Chevalier told…

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