Written Wednesday August 13th at 10:00 AM
Updated Thursday August 14th at 8:00 AM
In a shocking turn of events, the Rex Walters era at Waterford Kettering lasted a summer.
Walters stepped down at Waterford Kettering on Wednesday which was shocking and stunning to the basketball community. He accepted the Men's College Basketball coaching job at Regis University.
"I am sorry to say that I will not be coaching at Waterford Kettering High School. To the young men I got to work with, I just want to express how much I enjoyed the time spent with you, you are all good young men that worked extremely hard in the spring and summer. I know it was short and we had goals but I'm looking forward to following the team from afar. To the good people at Kettering HS and the Waterford School District you were nothing but great to me and I thank you for the opportunity" Walters wrote on X.
Regis University is a Division Two school in Denver, Colorado. Walters son Gunner who played at Adams is playing College Basketball in South Dakota.
Walters took over at Waterford Kettering in late March for Coach Steve Emert is back at Walled Lake Western coaching girls basketball.
Emert went 9-81 in his four years with the Captains which also went 2-44 in the last two years.
Waterford Kettering will have their third coach in five months this season. The Captains will have an experienced team in Jordan Jarrell, Gustas Garbenis, Haiden Bigelow, Braycen Harrington, Dylan Hamel, Josh Wagner, Jessie Redick, Brycen Land, Jack Buczek and Katim Jallow coming back.
Waterford Kettering will be coming back into the OAA from the Lakes Valley Conference this winter. They will be in the Gold with Oak Park, Harper Woods, Berkley, Ferndale University, and Southfield Arts and Tech and a very difficult district which has Clarkston, Lake Orion, Avondale, and arch rival Waterford Mott.
There is going to be a lot of questions about why Walters took the Waterford Kettering job only to exit stage right three months before the season starts and not even coach a game. It just doesn't seem right.
Hopefully for the students and administration at Waterford Kettering they can find the right person who will be at Waterford Kettering for the long term and build their program.
It will be really interesting to see what happens with the Captains.
Stay tuned to OAA Now for the latest on this developing story.
Here is the post on X confirming the move
https://x.com/CoachRexWalters/status/1955624475438756167
Press Release- Regis Rangers.
https://regisrangers.com/news/2025/8/13/rangers-hire-rex-walters-as-head-mens-basketball-coach.aspx
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