David McGlown steps down as boys basketball coach at Waterford Mott – The Oakland Press

WATERFORD The David McGlown era at Waterford Mott was short, but glorious.

McGlown, 40, left his post as the Corsairs boys basketball coach this week to move with his wife to Atlanta for her new job. As a player, he starred out of the backcourt at Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in the 1990s.

In three seasons as their coach, McGlowns Mott teams won three straight LVC titles and averaged 18 wins per season (54-10). His 2020 club was 20-2 and ready to play for a Division 1 district championship when the campaign was canceled due the COVID-19 pandemic two games into the state tournament.

The fast-breaking Corsairs had beaten district host West Bloomfield 68-61 in the district semifinals the night before the tournament was scrapped and were preparing to take on No. 1 in the state Orchard Lake St. Marys for the district crown. The squad was led by blue-chip senior forward Isaiah Jackson, headed to Kentucky in the fall.

These last three years were the best time of my coaching life, it was just very special in a lot of different and meaningful ways, McGlown said. I was proud to see the program flourish. Everyone, from my players, to my staff, to the administration and community, was great. I have so much love for the Mott Corsairs, they treated me like family.

The fact that Mott never got the chance to face St. Marys in the district finals back in March is still hard to swallow.

It will be one of those lasting questions, what could that game have been like, how would that matchup have gone down? he said. Well never know, but I liked our chances. Our guys were confident. We were playing our best basketball at the time you want to be playing your best basketball, the postseason. Thats all you can ask for.

Jackson was out of the lineup for the first two games of the 2020 season because of an ankle tweak and the Corsairs went 0-2. Once he returned in late December, they were off and running and wouldnt lose again the rest of the way.

McGlown was the head coach at Berkley from 2010 to 2016. As a player, he was an All-Catholic League point guard at NDP, captaining the Fighting Irish to a Catholic League championship and an appearance in the Class C quarterfinals during his senior year in 1998.

Mott has a solid nucleus returning for the upcoming season. The Corsairs attack will be triggered by vets Trayale Solomon (guard), Juan Claudio (guard) and Zeke Price (forward).

Pontiacs annual state of the city address will be held online this year through a Facebook Live event.

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