Plum hires Justin Walther as boys basketball coach
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022 | 9:57 PM
Plum hired Justin Walther as its new boys basketball coach Tuesday night.
Plum has hired Justin Walther as its new boys basketball coach, the school announced Tuesday.
Walther coached at Winchester Thurston the last two seasons, compiling a 20-14 record and making the WPIAL playoffs twice. Before that, he coached four seasons at Serra Catholic, going 58-36, including a 21-5 season in 2018-19 that featured a trip to the WPIAL finals.
Walther replaces Mark Marino, who went 23-25, 14-22 in section play, in three seasons as Mustangs coach.
Walther graduated from Central Catholic in 1995 as the second-leading scorer in school history. He set Pitt-Johnstown’s career scoring record with 2,073 points and in 2013 was inducted into the school’s hall of fame.
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