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Luke Simons (Assistant Coach)

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Luke Simons joined Jake Diebler’s staff as an assistant coach in April of 2024.


Simons spent the previous two seasons as the director of basketball operations at Baylor. In Simons’ two years at Baylor, the Bears won 47 games and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament each season.


Before his time at Baylor, Simons was the director of basketball operations for one season at Boston College in 2021-22 and served in the same role at College of Charleston for two seasons from 2019-21.


Simons and Diebler both served on staff for three seasons with Bryce Drew at Vanderbilt from 2016-19. Simons was the program’s director of scouting. During the 2016-16 season, the Commadores were 19-16 overall and earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament.


Prior to their time in Nashville, Simons and Diebler were also together at Valparaiso during the 2015-16 season as Simons was the program’s director of scouting. That season, the Crusaders the Crusaders set the program’s single season win record, won a Horizon League championship, and advanced to the finals of the National Invitation Tournament.


Simons spent nearly a decade as a coach and regional coordinator with Athletes in Action, created to help athletes to use their platform as a part of God’s mission. During his time with AIA, he served an integral role in assembling and directing multiple international competitive tours throughout Europe and Asia. Additionally, he created Captains Academy, an AIA leadership initiative to serve influencers specifically in the sport of basketball.


Simons served as Director of Operations for Team USA at three World University Games, a stretch that saw the men's basketball team win two golds and a silver medal. He also co-founded the International Basketball Coaches Experience, an event held annually at the NCAA Final Four.


His international coaching experience also includes working as an assistant coach and Director of Player Development for the Mongolian National Team from 2012-15, helping guide the team to the final round of the 2015 Asian Games. Simons’ coaching background also includes a stint as interim head coach at Black Hawk College in Moline, Ill., and five years as an assistant coach at West Lafayette High School in West Lafayette, Ind.


The Shelbyville, Ind., native is a graduate of Purdue University with a bachelor's degree in movement and sports science.

Luke Simons’s Coaching Career
2024-Pres. Ohio State Assistant Coach
2022-24 Baylor Director of Basketball Operations (2 seasons)
2021-22 Boston College Director of Basketball Operations (1 season)
2019-21 College of Charleston Director of Basketball Operations (2 seasons)
2016-19 Vanderbilt Director of Scouting (3 seasons)
2015-16 Valparaiso Director of Scouting (1 season)
2012-14 Mongolian National Team Assistant coach and Dir. of Player Development (2 seasons)
2007-12 Athletes in Action International Team Director (5 seasons)
2006-07 Black Hawk College (Ill.) Interim Head Coach (1 season)
2001-06 West Lafayette HS (Ind.) Assistant Coach (5 seasons)
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SG Braylen Nash (Official Thread)

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  • Height: 6-4
  • Weight: 180
  • Year: Freshman
  • Hometown: New Albany, Ohio
  • H.S./Last School: New Albany



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Prior to Ohio State
  • Played at New Albany High School for veteran head coach Tim Casey and averaged 17 points and three rebounds per game as a senior
  • Helped New Albany to a 20-5 record and the school's first league championship in eight years during his senior season
  • Was named the OCC-Ohio Player of the Year
  • Earned first-team all-district honors as well as honorable mention all-state recognition
  • Scored over 1,000 career points, becoming just the second player in New Albany boys’ basketball history to reach that total
  • Was also on the football team at New Albany, playing wide receiver as a junior and quarterback as a senior
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Talor Battle (Asst. Coach Penn St.)

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Talor Battle was named an assistant coach on Jake Diebler’s staff on June 3, 2024. He spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach at Northwestern.


Battle had a decorated career as a point guard at Penn State and then helped guide one of the best backcourts in the country at Northwestern as the Wildcats had a record-setting season in 2023-24.


In his final season at Northwestern, Battle and the Wildcats notched the school’s second NCAA Tournament berth, had a 22-12 overall record, and finished second in the Big Ten Conference standings with a 12-8 league ledger. For the first time since 1958-59, Northwestern finished second in the league standings, while also setting a school record for conference wins in a single-season.


Wildcat guards of Chase Audige and Boo Buie combined to form one of the best backcourts in the country and in school history. Audige was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, a first at NU since 1994, and an All-Big Ten Second Team selection. Buie, who is Battle’s younger brother, posted one of the best seasons by a point guard in program history and became the first Wildcat named All-Big Ten First Team since 2012. Buie was also a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, which is awarded to the nation’s best point guard. The duo became the first Northwestern teammates to earn first and second team All-Big Ten honors since 1963-64.


Prior to his time on Chris Collins’ staff at Northwestern, Battle served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Penn State during the COVID season in 2020-21.


He played professionally overseas for seven years (2011-18) before joining the coaching ranks.


Battle, a 2011 Associated Press honorable-mention All-American, is Penn State's all-time leading scorer with 2,213 career points during his four-year career. He helped lead the Nittany Lions to the 2009 National Invitation Tournament championship, the program's first national title, and a program-record 27 wins that season. He earned All-Big Ten Tournament Team honors in 2011 as Penn State advanced to its first Big Ten Tournament championship game and first NCAA tournament appearance in a decade.


The Albany, N.Y., native is one of only two players to lead Penn State in scoring in four-straight seasons. He was the first Nittany Lion to twice earn All-Big Ten first team, first-team NABC All-District and first-team USBWA honors, and four-time team MVP accolades.


Battle finished his career in the Top-5 of Penn State's career lists for assists (4th; 517), 3-point field goals (3rd; 317), field goals (2nd; 722) and free throws (4th; 452), as well as setting the career record for starts (131) and Big Ten record for career minutes played (4,799).


Battle graduated from Penn State in 2011 with a degree in recreation, park, and tourism management.


He and his wife, Gretchen, are the parents of two daughters, Layna and Stella.

Battle’s Coaching Career
2024-Pres. Ohio State Assistant Coach
2021-24 Northwestern Assistant Coach (3 seasons)
2020-21 Penn State Assistant Coach (1 season)
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SG Micah Parrish (Official Thread)

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Micah Parrish​

  • Height: 6-6
  • Weight: 205
  • Year: Fifth Year
  • Hometown: Detroit, Mich.
  • H.S./Last School: River Rouge/Hillcrest Prep



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CAREER HONORS
  • Continental Tire Main Event All-Tournament Team (2023)
  • Horizon League All-Defensive Team (2022)
  • Horizon League All-Freshman Team (2021)
  • Horizon League Freshman of the Week (Dec. 28, 2020 | Feb. 15, 2021)

PRIOR TO OHIO STATE
  • Played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Oakland and then his junior and senior seasons at San Diego State
  • Appeared in 135 games over four seasons
  • Had five career double-doubles -- four with Oakland and one with San Diego State
  • Made a career-high five three-pointers in a game twice, once with each school
  • Appeared in 59 games with 57 starts in his two seasons at Oakland
  • Averaged 10.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.3 assists with the Grizzlies
  • Earned Horizon League All-Freshman Team honors and then was named to the HL All-Defensive Team as a sophomore
  • Scored a career-high 20 points three times as a sophomore in 2022
  • Transferred to San Diego State in the summer of 2022 and appeared in 76 games over two seasons with SDSU, making 37 starts
  • Averaged 8.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists as an Aztec
  • Played in all nine of SDSU’s NCAA Tournament games over his two seasons, including the national championship game vs. UConn in 2023
  • Started 36 of his 37 games as a senior in 2023-24, averaging 9.3 points and 4.1 rebounds
HIGH SCHOOL
  • In 2019-20, in a post-graduate roll, he played at Hillcrest Prep, in Phoenix, Arizona, leading the team to a 30-5 record
  • In a four-year career at River Rouge (Mich.) High in which his teams went a combined 94-12, he won a pair of conference titles and led the team to the Division 2 championship game
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NFL Fan Fight Night

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The foosball really does melt some people's brains. Dude goes full Taylor Lewan and is now facing felony assault charges and up to 8 years in federal prison (it was in DC).

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