Legendary high school coach Kevin Boyle is leaving Montverde for Spire Academy, as NIL deals alter the basketball scene.
Kevin Boyle confirmed to ESPN that he is leaving Florida’s Montverde Academy after winning eight of the previous twelve national championships. At the end of the season, he decided to attend Ohio’s Spire Academy. His high school coaching resume is legendary, and he has coached numerous NBA players.
“He is the greatest high school coach of all time,” Cooper Flagg said.
In recent years, Boyle coached Flagg, the newest generational NBA prospect currently playing for Duke. In their time together, they had one perfect season, going 33-0, before Flagg was reclassified to join college one year earlier.
“Playing for Coach Boyle was an important step in my basketball career. “His belief and confidence in me pushed me to develop into the player I am today,” Flagg stated.
Why Boyle is moving to Spire Academy.
Boyle was selected Naismith High School Coach of the Year four times and is a lock for the Hall of Fame in the future, but he believes it is time to change scenery because to the NIL deals, which have altered how players make career decisions.
“The entire landscape of high school basketball has changed,” Boyle said to ESPN. “There are new platforms for players to showcase themselves. Interest is growing. Expectations have changed, with players now having professional representation. Top prospects are looking for ways to maximize their development and image.”
That is why he thinks he will have a better future at Spire Academy.
“Our managing partner at Spire Academy, has the vision and commitment to help us forge the path forward,” he added.
Who Boyle coached at Montverde?
Boyle arrived at Montverde in 2011 after attending St. Patrick High School in New Jersey. At Montverde, he established one of the best basketball high school programs. He coached many NBA talents, including Ben Simmons, D’Angelo Russell, Kyrie Irving, Joel Embiid, Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett, and others.
He has also coached several of the greatest NBA prospects who are currently college freshman, including Derik Queen (Maryland), Liam McNeeley (UConn), Asa Newell (Georgia), and Flagg.
“Is the best high school basketball coach of all time, and I wish I could play for him just one more time,” McNeeley remarked of his old coach.
He is not the only coach to claim that the NIL transactions have altered the entire basketball scene, as many others have done. Penny Hardaway has already stated that he is having difficulty maintaining his players at Memphis, and even the best college coach ever, Mike Krzyzewski, admitted that the NIL deals would have forced him to leave Duke for the NBA.
