Former Mason County trainer Greg Himes is the new hoops coach at Southern State Community College

Greg Himes, a former trainer for the Mason County Royals basketball team, was named head coach of the men's basketball team at Southern State Community College in Hillsboro, Ohio Tuesday. Himes, who served as trainer for Kelly Wells' Mason County teams from 2001 to 2004, has been running the N2Hoop AAU basketball program at Eastern Brown. Himes was Bob Hall's assistant coach at Bracken County High School in 1990. Himes will continue to serve as the Sports Medicine/Exercise Science Instructor at Southern Hills Career and Technical Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Himes has scheduled a player meeting for Thursday evening. Conditioning begins October 12. Southern State will play its exhibition opener November 3 and its season opener on November 5.