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Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association adds Tommy Griffin, four others to 2022 Hall of Fame class

Tommy Griffin is heading to the Hall of Fame.

The current Del City assistant coach and longtime Oklahoma Christian School head coach is one of the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association's five inductees in the 2022 Hall of Fame class. Griffin, the father of former OU standouts Blake and Taylor Griffin, won four straight titles at OCS from 2004-07 and has six total as a head coach.

The ceremony will be at noon June 4 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Edmond. Other inductees include Ken Trickey, Donnie Husband, Lee Reimer and Donny Tuley.

Trickey led Oral Roberts to the NCAA Elite Eight in 1974, will be inducted posthumously. Besides ORU, Trickey’s had coaching stints at Claremore Junior College, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma Junior College and Muskogee High School.

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Edmond Santa Fe assistant coach Tommy Griffin claps during introductions for his team before a basketball game against Edmond North at Edmond North High School on Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
Edmond Santa Fe assistant coach Tommy Griffin claps during introductions for his team before a basketball game against Edmond North at Edmond North High School on Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman

Husband coached Latta to boys state titles in 2013 and '14. He also coached at Rush Springs, Silo, Duncan, Blackwell and Keys. Husband's teams went to seven state tournaments coaching in Oklahoma from 1983-2018. He has coached at Greenwood (Arkansas) the past four seasons. His overall career record is 538-283.

Reimer had a 485-313 record as Purcell’s basketball coach from 1984-2015. He won state titles at Medford in 1984 and Purcell in 1994. He is currently coaching at Asher.

Tuley has been in coaching for more than 40 years, including the past nine as the Seminole State men’s coach. He coached 32 seasons at Capitol Hill and was an assistant for 12 years during that span at Redlands Community College. Tuley, who led Capitol Hill to 10 state tournaments, has more than 700 career wins.

Tickets for the ceremony are $25 and can be purchased by calling University of Central Oklahoma coach Bob Hoffman at 478-954-9186.

Cameron Jourdan covers high school sports across the Oklahoma City metro and state. Have a story idea for Cameron? He can be reached at cjourdan@oklahoman.com or on Twitter at @Cam_Jourdan. Support Cameron’s work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today at subscribe.oklahoman.com or by using the link at the top of this page.

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