Steven Wright: Girls basketball: Reigning D-I champ Fairmont seeks new head coach
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The defending OHSAA girls basketball Division I state champions are seeking a new head coach for the 2026-27 season.
Jeremey Finn has stepped down from his position effective immediately.
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Finn has accepted a position as an assistant coach with the Wittenberg women’s basketball program, according to Fairmont athletic director Chris Weaver.
Finn had been the head coach at Fairmont for seven seasons and compiled a 124-42 overall record. He led Fairmont to its first undefeated season in school history during its 2025-26 campaign in which the Firebirds won the OHSAA Division I state championship. They beat Princeton 61-55 in overtime at UD Arena.
Finn won multiple OPSMA D-I Coach of the Year awards with Fairmont and coached several players that went on to play collegiately, including Ms. Basketball winner and McDonald’s All-American Maddy Westbeld.
Weaver said a search for a new coach is already underway. The school hopes to have a new coach named by the end of August.
Fairmont is losing six seniors, as well as one of its star juniors, from its 2026 state championship team.