ENID, OK - Enid Public Schools has selected Derrick Irving as head coach of the boys’ basketball team.
His duties will begin immediately.
"I am very excited to see Coach Irving join our Plainsmen Basketball program as head coach,” said Robb Mills, athletic director. “His ability to build strong, positive relationships with our athletes will undoubtedly foster greater confidence in our players' abilities."
Irving has been with EPS since 2023, where he began his education career with the district as a PE Teacher at Emerson Middle School and as the Head Freshman Coach/Varsity Assistant at Enid High School. In year two he was elevated to the Head Varsity Assistant/Head Coach Junior Varsity.
Over the last three summers Coach Irving has been entrenched in the Amateur Athletic Union basketball community as the Head Boy’s Coach and Director of Player Development & Recruiting for Legacy Youth Basketball in Enid. His responsibilities include designing and executing practice and game plans, running weekly skill workouts, coaching boys grade 8 -12, etc.
Irving also has experience with youth outreach outside of Enid. Helping over 100 high school and junior college basketball players gain college opportunities at the next level through his recruiting service, Aspiring Prospects. Originally from New York City, “Coach Irv” as he is affectionately called by Enid students, formerly coached on the junior college level with ASA College in Brooklyn, NY and on the prep school level with Tennessee Preparatory Academy in Memphis, TN & OnPoint Academy in El Reno, OK.
“Basketball has the power to bring a community together, and I’m committed to leading a program our school and town can be proud of,” said Irving. “We will compete with heart, play with pride, and hold ourselves to the highest standard every practice, every game, every day.”
“Basketball is more than a game… it's a classroom for life,” said Irving, “My goal is to help our players grow not just as athletes, but as leaders, teammates and people ready to face any challenge.”
