Shoemaker Non-Renewed as PV Bearcats Basketball Coach


The coach with the most career victories in Paint Valley Boys Basketball history, has seen his contract non-renewed by the Paint Valley Board of Education in a 3-2 vote, Tuesday night.


Dave Shoemaker confirmed the board action to iHeart Media Sports Director Mike Smith.


In two stints, that totaled 13 seasons, Shoemaker had a record of (153-143). Those years were 1989-1996 and then between 2012-2018. Each time he was hired, Shoemaker took over sub .500 programs.


Paint Valley had only one season with a plus .500 record in the 16 years between Shoemaker coaching tenures.


Dave Shoemaker led Bearcats' teams to 7 sectional titles, one SVC Championship and he coached six of the top ten 1,000 point scorers in school history. He also had 45 players to earn All SVC and 7 players to earn All Ohio.


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