Former Girls Basketball Coach Tony Smith: 'Bolingbrook Will Always be Home'

Leaving Bolingbrook for Homewood-Flossmoor was "another opportunity at the right time to go build a new program," Tony Smith told the Bolingbrook Reporter. 

Smith resigned May 2 from his position as head coach of the Bolingbrook Lady Raiders basketball team and as a health and driver's education teacher. He will have those same positions at Homewood-Flossmoor in the fall. 

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“Bolingbrook is home, Bolingbrook will always be home, and Bolingbrook gave me a great start to my career,” Smith told the Reporter. "I’ve been at Bolingbrook 12 years, and sometimes you just want a different challenge.”

Smith will join former Bolingbrook High School Athletic Director Alec Anderson at H-F, a partnership he's looking forward to rekindling. 

The H-F Vikings had a record of 63-25 in three years under former head coach Dana Noble, according to the Reporter. 

“(H-F) has a great foundation," Smiths said. "They have talent. They’ve won there a little bit already. It’s nothing against Bolingbrook. H-F is a diamond in the rough.”

Bolingbrook High School Athletic Director Rob Rose started his search for a new coach immediately following Smith's resignation.