Kaleb Oldham was officially named the new boys basketball coach at Danville on Monday.
Oldham, 32, an assistant the past six years at Fishers, helped the Tigers win a Class 4A state championship in 2023-24 and post an 83-3 record over the previous three seasons. Oldham was part of the staff at Fishers when Garrett Winegar took over in 2020. Winegar left for a position at Iowa United Prep after the season.
This will be the first head coaching position for Oldham. Danville has a long winning tradition in basketball. Brian Barber led the Warriors to 426 victories in 26 seasons before stepping down last year. His former assistant, Mark Artman, led Danville to a 10-15 record last season.
“I’m super excited to become the next head coach at Danville,” Oldham said. “I can’t thank our principal Matt Clodfelter and athletic director Aimee Harvey and the sectional committee enough for their belief in me. Along with that, I can’t thank my wife Victoria enough; she’s the epitome of what a coach’s wife is – she’s a rockstar. It’s rare as a 32-year-old to get your dream job as your first job, but that’s exactly what happened here. Danville has a rich history under Brian Barber for all those years he was here. I hope to be able to replicate those type of seasons.”
Three of Danville’s top five scorers – juniors Carter Ward (11.6 ppg, 3.9 assists) and Jacob Fultz (7.1 ppg) and sophomore Esaias Ennin (7.4 ppg, 4.3 rebounds) – are expected to return.
Oldham, a 2012 Owen Valley graduate, also coached on the Southport staff prior to Fishers. He called the experience at Fishers “completely life changing” and said Winegar “is destined to be a Division coach here very soon.”
“I wouldn’t be here without all our players like Jeffrey Simmons, Charlie Smith, Keenan Garner, JonAnthony Hall, Justin Kirby and of course Jason (Gardner Jr.) and Cooper (Zachary),” Oldham said. “Everything is a credit to those guys leading us to the success we had at Fishers.”
Oldham’s hiring was approved by the Danville school board on Monday night.
>>>Chris Scott, most recently an assistant at Crispus Attucks, was approved as the boys basketball coach at Irvington Prep on Monday. The Ravens won a Class 2A sectional title in 2023-24 but are coming off back-to-back nine-win seasons.
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