Mooresville has its basketball coach.
The Mooresville school board approved former Plainfield basketball star and longtime Quakers assistant Gavin Groninger as the boys basketball coach Tuesday night.
Groninger set a school record at Plainfield with 1,768 career points — a mark that still stands — and led the Quakers to a Class 3A state championship in 1998-99 as he was voted Mr. Basketball runner-up and an Indiana All-Star as a senior. Groninger went on to play four seasons at Michigan, where he was a team captain and started 30 games over four seasons, averaging 4.9 points per game.
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Groninger was an assistant on the Plainfield staff for the past 12 years for coach Andy Weaver, helping the Quakers to eight consecutive winning seasons and a Class 4A regional championship appearance in 2020-21. Groninger, who taught physical education at Bridgeport Elementary School for the past 12 years, will serve as Mooresville’s career coach, a new position which helps students through Indiana’s recently adopted graduation pathway process.
Shabaz Khaliq resigned as Mooresville’s coach in late July. He was 35-34 in three seasons, including a 10-14 mark last season.
Groninger and wife Megan have four children: daughters Charlee, Indee, and Millee and son Henry.
Call Star reporter Kyle Neddenriep at (317) 444-6649.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IHSAA basketball: Mooresville hires Gavin Groninger as new head coach
