Women's Basketball Coach Jay Ritchie is entering his first season as head coach of the Monarchs. Ritchie is a former two-sport athlete, participating in men’s basketball and tennis.  Ritchie earned his Bachelors of Business Administration at University of Detroit Mercy in 1986 and earned his Masters of Education from Saginaw Valley State University in 2005.  Ritchie is currently the social studies and history teacher a De La Salle Collegiate.  

Ritchie has an extensive twenty-two year coaching background.  He coached Boy’s and Girl’s Basketball at South Lake & Lakeview, Boy’s Basketball at Grosse Pointe South & Centerline, and he was the Head Men’s Basketball coach at St. Mary’s College.  As a coach Ritchie, has 12 District and 8 League Championship.  He has accumulated 578 high school coaching wins. 

Ritchie was a standout player at Lakeview High School and continued his career at Macomb Community College.  At Macomb, Ritchie earned Team MVP, All-League and Eastern Conference All-Star honors.  He also was part of a League Championship team. 

“This is a tremendous opportunity to establish a top notch program.  With the facilities, commitment to women’s basketball and the wealth of high school basketball talent in the area, I am confident in immediate results.”-Head Coach Jay Ritchie