The Potomac School Panthers will have a new head coach on the bench when the 2024-25 boys high-school basketball season begins this coming winter.
Jeremy Myers recently was hired to replace longtime coach Levi Franklin, who stepped down after 15 years in charge of the private-school team and winning more than 200 games as the squad’s coach.
Franklin has 495 career victories, the others coming as the head coach of St. Paul VI Catholic in Northern Virginia and Crossland High in Prince George’s County.
Franklin also is an assistant football coach (defensive coordinator) at the Potomac School, and has been a boys assistant lacrosse coach. He remains at the school as a math teacher.
“It was time for me to change things up,” Franklin said. “I want to thank Potomac School and the community for their support and having me coach. I have been here a long time. I love it here.”
Franklin, 57, did not rule out being a head coach again if the opportunity arises.
“Never say never. If the [New York] Knicks call I would be very interested, but they’re doing well in the playoffs now so that probably won’t happen,” Franklin said.
Potomac School often was among the top teams in the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference and regularly earned state-tournament berths during Franklin’s tenure. Franklin’s Panthers won the MAC championship in 2012 and were a Division II state-tournament semifinalist in 2017.
The Panthers’ league and neighborhood rivalry games with MAC foe Flint Hill continued to be favorites for both schools under Franklin. Potomac School defeated Flint Hill this past season in the final game Franklin coached against the rival.
“I hope the new coach knows he’s replacing a legend,” Flint Hill boys basketball coach Rico Reed said about Franklin. “The two of us have had a great relationship for a long time. Those Flint Hill, Potomac School games always were fantastic.”
Prior to coaching the private-school teams, Franklin (Crossland) and Reed (Potomac) were public-school head basketball coaches in Prince George’s County, where the squads met regularly.
Myers comes to Potomac School after being an assistant coach for a number of seasons at first the Bullis School, then most recently Bishop McNamara, both Maryland private schools.
Myers was a 1,000-point career scorer when he played in high school at Bullis. He then played in college at Division II Tarleton State University.
