John Rhodes

By Tim Glon

ADA — John Rhodes has been named the head men’s basketball coach at Ohio Northern University.

Rhodes comes to Ohio Northern after a 1-year stint as an assistant coach at NCAA Division I Northeastern University and brings 13 years of coaching experience and eight years of experience playing professional basketball to the Polar Bears.

Jake Cannan

By Tim Glon

ADA — Ohio Northern senior post Jake Cannan (Dublin/Coffman) was named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference in men’s basketball for 2008-09 in voting conducted by the league’s 10 faculty advisors.

Cannan, a pharmacy major, earned Academic All-OAC and Honorable Mention All-Conference honors as a junior last winter.

This season, Cannan ranked fifth on the team in scoring, averaging 7.6 points per game. He was second in rebounding at 5.0 ppg and led the squad in blocked shots with 20 and in field goal shooting percentage at .582.

Jeff Coleman

By Tim Glon

ADA — Jeff Coleman announced Monday afternoon that he is stepping down as head men’s basketball coach at Ohio Northern University.

Coleman has been at ONU 17 years, including the last four as head men’s basketball coach.

He is also an assistant professor in the health, physical education and sport science department, a position he will retain until the end of ONU's academic year in May.