Meet Josh Goodwin, our Girls Basketball Coach. Coach Goodwin is

Meet Josh Goodwin, our Girls Basketball Coach. Coach Goodwin is beginning his 2nd year as the Head
Basketball Coach for the Summit Spartans. He is excited to watch his team compete in a very
competitive girls basketball district (11 AAA). All players will be instrumental in making the big step
from the previous AA district to this year’s AAA district.
Prior to arriving at Summit, Coach Goodwin was the Head Basketball Coach at Sycamore High School
for both the boys and the girls teams. During his 2 year tenure as the Head Coach he led the War
Eagles to 1 District Championship & 2 District Championship game appearances. The girls team made
it further than any team in school history and was knocked out 2 years in a row by eventual State
Champion CPA.
Coach Goodwin also trains many boys and girls players in the Mid State area. Throughout his 5 years
as a high school coach and 8 years as a trainer, Goodwin has seen more than 30 of his former players
move on to play basketball at the college level and will have multiple players at the professional level
in the near future.
Goodwin’s basketball coaching career began at Sycamore High School. He was the top assistant for
the War Eagles boys and girls basketball teams for 2 years. Goodwin then moved to his alma mater,
Harpeth High School to assist the boys basketball team for one season. Goodwin then returned to
Sycamore as the Head Coach of both basketball teams. Goodwin also coached high level travel teams
on the Nike and Adidas circuits for several years.
Coach Goodwin is a graduate from Harpeth High School where he played 3 years of varsity basketball.
In those 3 years his team won 3 district championships, 1 region championship, and advanced to the
Sectional championship twice. He scored over 2200 points, was 3 time district MVP, 3 time All-state,
and was runner up for Mr. Basketball during his junior and senior seasons. He holds school records for
most points in a game(50) and career(2212).
He played his College basketball at Belmont University for Head Coach Rick Byrd. During his time at
Belmont (’03-‘07) they won 2 conference championships and went to 2 NCAA Tournaments (2006
UCLA & 2007 Georgetown) and 1 NIT tournament. He scored over 1000 points and was an allconference player. He holds school and conference records for most points scored in a game(39) and
most 3s made in a game(11).
Coach Goodwin and his wife Kari reside in Spring Hill. His wife is the Head Girls Basketball Coach at
Franklin High School, which will make for two very interesting nights each year. They have 1 son
Maximus, born 5/19/13.

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