Baseball coach Shane Worth is adding basketball coaching to his duties at Providence Grove. (Randolph Record)
CLIMAX – There’s changes in the works for Providence Grove’s basketball programs.
Shane Worth has been summoned to fill a vacancy as coach of the boys’ basketball team. He recently concluded his first season as baseball coach at the school.
Johnathan Gainey has left the Patriots after one season as girls’ basketball coach. He has been hired to coach girls’ basketball at West Forsyth.
Both Providence Grove teams will have their third coach in as many seasons.
Brett Andrews spent one season as Providence Grove’s boys’ coach. The Patriots were 7-18 for the second year in a row after winning the Piedmont Athletic Conference regular season in 2021-22.
Andrews has left Providence Grove to take a position at Trinity, where a vacancy opened for boys’ basketball coach.
Worth will remain as baseball coach at Providence Grove.
On the girls’ side, Gainey directed the Patriots to a 15-12 record. They were in third place in the PAC.
Before joining Providence Grove’s athletic department last year, Worth had been baseball coach and girls’ basketball coach at South Stokes.
Worth spent 10 years at South Stokes before resigning in the spring of 2023. He was the girls’ coach for two seasons.
