Scott Aronhalt
Scott Aronhalt was born in Coshocton, Ohio, the son of Wayne and Waneta Aronhalt. He has one older brother, John (Ocala, Fla.), and five older sisters – Kathy (Marysville, Ohio), Sally (Conesville, Ohio), Beck (Coshocton, Ohio), Mary (Coshocton, Ohio), and Martha (DuQuoin, Ill.).
Scott served as boys head basketball coach at Zanesville High School for 31 seasons (1990-2021). During that span, his teams captured a Division 1 State Championship (in 1995, finishing as the 22nd-ranked team in the USA Today poll), a Division 1 Runner-Up (1997), and made a Division II Final Four Appearance (2010). His 1996 and 1997 teams were both declared Division I poll champions by The Associated Press. The 1995 and 1996 squads won a school record 49 straight games. The 1996-1997 team defeated the nation’s number-one ranked team, Oak Hill Academy. Zanesville also won 11 league titles and made nine regional appearances during his tenure. That helped him earn an excellent overall record of 466-254.
Scott was named the Ohio Coaches’ Association Division 1 Coach of the Year in 1995, and The Associated Press Division 1 Coach of the Year in 1996. He was inducted into the Basketball Coaches District 12 Hall of Fame in 2023. He has also coached six Ohio All-Star teams in international competitions.
Scott is a graduate of River View High School in Warsaw, where he earned All-Ohio honors while playing for Coach Walter Harrop. He went on to play at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma City, and was a member of the 1981 NAIA National Championship team.
Scott began his coaching career in Ft. Worth, Texas. He then returned to Ohio and served three years as a varsity assistant to his former high school coach, Walt Harrop, at Ashland High School. Scott moved on to serve as an assistant at Tiffin University under Jim Hammond, helping to lead the Dragons to a school record 25-6 mark and the Mid-Ohio Championship, before taking the job at Zanesville High School.
Scott received his Bachelor’s Degree from Southern Nazarene in 1983 and his Master’s Degree from Ashland University in 1990. Scott and his wife, Madge, reside in Zanesville. They have three sons: Drake, his wife Cheyanne, their son Turner, and daughters Marin and Ruby (Ashburn, Va.); Jordan, his wife Tyler, and their daughter Joanna (Denver, Colo.); and Logan, his wife Heather, and their daughters Tilly and Zoey (Lynchburg, Va.). Scott still serves as Director of Athletics at Zanesville High School.