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Isaiah Cavaco was named head coach in the spring of 2007 after serving as interim head coach in 2006-2007 and as an assistant coach for the 2005-2006 and 2004-2005 seasons. He has worked with each of the positions, offensively and defensively, coordinated recruiting, scouted opponents, and served as a floor coach. During his brief stint on campus, Cavaco has proven to be a valuable recruiter and energetic floor leader.
Cavaco comes to Oberlin from John Carroll University, where he spent one season as an assistant coach with the women's basketball program. He also served as a graduate assistant coach for men's basketball at Ohio University and as an assistant coach as his alma mater, Yale University.
In his first season playing Ivy League basketball, Cavaco won the John C. Cobb Award as the Yale squad's top newcomer. He earned four letters as a point guard for the Bulldogs from 1997 to 2001. Cavaco graduated from Yale with a bachelor's degree in economics, and he earned his master's degree in recreation and sports sciences from Ohio in 2002.
"I have enjoyed working at a prestigious college like Oberlin," Cavaco says, "and I am excited about the future of the men's basketball program. Oberlin is unmatched in the opportunities available for its student-athletes. Our goal as a program is to give participants an unparalleled intercollegiate experience."
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Brett Nichols joined the Oberlin coaching staff in 2006 after spending the past two seasons as a graduate intern and graduate manager with the men’s basketball program at Kent State University. While a part of the Kent State program, the Golden Flashes went 46-22 and made appearances in the postseason NIT and NCAA tournaments.
Nichols also spent the past two years as a graduate assistant in the physical education department at Kent State and finished his master’s degree in sport studies and athletic coaching in May of 2006.
Prior to experience at Kent State, Brett spent the 2002-03 season on the coaching staff at Spaulding High School in Barre, Vermont, where he helped develop young players who would propel Spaulding to the Division I state finals in 2004-05 and 2005-06.
Nichols received his bachelor’s degree from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, in May 2001. At Hamline, he played basketball for two years before focusing entirely on track & field, where he was a key member of the school’s 2001 MIAC Conference Champion and school record 4x800 meter squad.
Nichols and his wife, Christina, reside in Oberlin. |
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Frank Gioffre entered his first season as an assistant coach with the Oberlin men's basketball program in 2002. He brings a wealth of experience from around the state of Ohio to the Yeomen program.
Gioffre was the head coach of boys' basketball at Huron High School from 1999 to 2001 and at Fremont Ross High School from 1990 to 1994. His first collegiate coaching stint came in 1995 as an assistant at Cleveland State University. Gioffre spent five seasons with the Vikings, earning a master's degree in 1999.
He earned four letters as a starter for the men's basketball team at Otterbein College. From 1982 to 1986, Gioffre's teams posted an 84-31 overall record. A native of Huron, he started for three years at Huron High School. Gioffre was selected second team All-Ohio and won honorable mention All-American honors his senior year. He was elected into the Huron High School Hall of Fame in 1997.
Gioffre lives in Huron with his wife Janet and their children, Rafaella and Francesco. |
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