04-06-2006, 07:38 AM
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Why so serious?
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4/6/06
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North College Hill coach not a bad guy
By Greg Simms Sr.
Dayton Daily News
• Topic: North College Hill's Image
The first time I saw Jamie Mahaffey, he and Isaac Curtis Jr., were carving up a pretty good Dunbar High School basketball team in a regional tournament some years ago.
Later, I covered Miami University when Mahaffey was a pretty quiet and pretty good starting forward along with the celebrated Devin Davis. Those two took part in Miami's upset of Arizona in the NCAA tournament at UD Arena.
After his senior year at Miami, I lost track of Mahaffey until he was introduced to a young basketball player from a Kentucky High School. O.J. Mayo was the player and Mahaffey was the head coach at North College Hill High School. He still is, which begs the question: Is Mahaffey a bad guy? He always seemed to be a quiet gentleman, but I only interviewed him after games.
Because he has Mayo and Bill Walker and others on his team and has won three straight Division III titles, Mahaffey and his team have been portrayed as a bunch of hustlers taking advantage of kids.
I don't know everything there is to know about Mahaffey, but I do know this: If most any basketball coach I've come across got a phone call, and the person on the other end of the line said, "Listen, I got a 6-foot-6 kid who can straight-out ball. He wants to play for you, and his best friend, who is just about as good, does too. And everything is on the up and up, are you interested?" The answer would be, "if all you say is true, let me give you directions to my gym."
Contact Greg Simms Sr. at (937) 225-2160.
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