Written Monday May 11th at 3:05 PM
Updated Tuesday May 12th at 10:17 AM
This was a shocker.
Royal Oak Shrine named Marko Tomich as their new boys basketball coach. Tomich takes over for former Bloomfield Hills assistant coach Mike Maryanski whom he was an assistant under. He leaves Stoney Creek after one season as coach of the Cougars.
Stoney Creek Athletic Director Todd Negoshian confirmed Tomich's departure to me via text message along with another very accurate source who confirmed that Tomich was heading back to Royal Oak Shrine.
The Cougars job posting was posted on Tuesday morning.
Tomich is very familiar with the Catholic League being at Birmingham Brother Rice and was an assistant under Maryanski at Royal Oak Shrine before coming to Stoney Creek as mentioned.
Tomich took over the program from Jeff Olind in 2025. Olind went 19-47 in his three years with the program. He went 11-11 (12-12) in his only season with the Cougars. He led them to an 82-40 win over Romeo in the first round but fell 36-29 to Adams in the district semifinals.
Whoever the new coach is will have Anthony Arlinghaus, Ernie Backos, Brosie Telegadas, Issac Papus, among others coming back. Program strength will be very interesting to keep an eye on.
The Cougars will have their third coach in six years.
What's different about this search is that Negoshian is leading the search. He was the former boys basketball coach at North Farmington and had led the Raiders to two State Championship games. He has a ton of knowledge and experience of the game. It will be very interesting to see what Negoshian does with this search.
Stoney Creek will be in the White with Bloomfield Hills, Rochester, Waterford Mott, Oxford, and Lake Orion next season.
Stay tuned to OAA Now for the latest on this developing story.
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