Kentwood has hired one of its own to take over as head boys basketball coach.

On March 31 Kentwood athletic director Jo Anne Daughtry announced that Blake Solomon, a member of the school’s class of 2004, had been hired to take over for Brian Davis who resigned after two season in early March.

“Blake is extremely qualified and ready for this position,” Daughtry said in a statement. “He has a passion for the game and understands the traditions that sets Kentwood athletics apart.”

Solomon, who played at Big Bend Community College and Northwestern College, was the freshman boys coach in 2010 and the junior varsity coach in 20ll for the Conquerors.

Meanwhile, Davis has been offered the head boys basketball coaching position at Tahoma, where he will be replacing his former Kent-Meridian teammate and coaching colleague Rob Morrow who resigned from his duties with the school district in mid-February.

Davis wrote in an email that his hiring will have to be approved by the Tahoma School Board which next meets on April 10.