DODGE CITY — Humboldt native Brad Witherspoon has been named head coach of the Dodge City Community College men’s basketball program.
Witherspoon worked last year as head coach as Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa. There, in his first season at the program’s helm, Witherspoon guided the team to a 21-8 record and the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference title.
“Brad brings a great background with him to Dodge City Community College,” Dodge City athletic director Jacob Ripple said in an article featured on the DCCC website. “He has great experience in the Jayhawk Conference as an assistant and knows what it takes to win the conference. We are excited to get Brad and Emily to campus and get started shaping the program in the mold that he wants.”
Witherspoon takes over a program that won the Region VI title at the NJCAA Division I level and appeared in the national tournament under head coach Jake Williams, who has subsequently moved on to coach at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, an NCAA Division I program.
“I am excited to get started and continue the success the team had this year under Jake Williams,” Witherspoon said in the article. “It has always been a dream of mine to be a head coach in the Jayhawk Conference, and I believe that Dodge City is a perfect fit.”
Witherspoon’s career started as an assistant coach at Culver-Stockton, Canton, Mo., in 2010 where he served for two years. The Cougars went a cumulative 93-33.
Witherspoon also had stops at John Wood Community College, Quincy, Ill., Doane University, Crete, Neb., and Kilgore College, Kilgore, Texas.
Witherspoon is a 2004 Humboldt High School graduate, where he was an all-state basketball performer.
He then played as a walk-on for two years at the University of Kansas, and was a member of the Jayhawks’ 2008 national championship team.
