Joe Guerrero

Head Freshmen Coach

Boys Varsity Basketball

The Wildcats are excited to welcome legendary Coach Joe Guerrero to our program! Coach McDonald has known Coach Guerrero for 25+ years as they are both Waite High School graduates and McDonald competed against Coach's teams as a player, assistant coach and finally as a head coach. Coach Guerrero was one of the first individuals to encourage Coach McDonald to begin coaching and has been a friend and mentor ever since. Coach McDonald is beyond thrilled to have Coach Guerrero join the staff!

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Family

Coach Guerrero lives in Sylvania with his significant other Connie. He has two adult children and three grandchildren.

Education

Coach Guerrero is a graduate of Waite High School and Ohio Northern University, where he starred as a pitcher on the baseball team. He later pitched professionally in the Mexican League and for one season in the Carolina League (MiLB).

Work

Coach retired from teaching after the 2023-24 school year, capping an impressive teaching career, where he served Oregon City and Toledo Public Schools in six different decades.

Coaching

Coach Guerrero began as an assistant coach and then served 34 years as a head varsity basketball coach with stops at Waite, Clay, Start and Bowsher. Coach Guerrero's teams hold the single season records for wins at Waite (1991) and Bowsher (2014) and have amassed over 400 wins and the 2014 District Championship in Division 1.

Joe retired from coaching after the 2022-2023 season at Bowsher. He will be returning to the profession to serve our program as the Freshmen Coach.

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Joe is an avid golfer, enjoys watching his grandchildren participate in sports and is a Detroit Tigers fan.