The Middletown High School boys basketball program has re-organized its coaching staff.  Jon Jarrett, head coach for the last 10 seasons, has resigned his position so that he can devote more time at home with his wife, Michiko, and one-year-old son, David.  Tim Leber will remain in the position of co-head coach and will work with Aaron White, an assistant in the Middletown program for the last 15 years.  Coach Leber will coordinate the after-school workouts in the spring and fall and will continue to co-direct the summer youth basketball camp with Coach Jarrett.

Coach White will supervise off-season open gyms and the summer league program and will handle the many responsibilities of the head coach position during the season.  Coach Leber will assist Coach White during the regular season.  “I had a great time coaching at Middletown High for the last 10 years,” said Coach Jarrett.  “I’m thankful to the previous coaches in the program who helped me, and I’m thankful for all of the coaches on our coaching staff.  The community, the parents, and the players were all great to work with. Now I want to do anything that I can to help Coach White be successful.  He’s a great friend and colleague, and he’s always been a hard worker with an outstanding gift for working the teenagers.”

Coach White graduated from Messiah College in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in Sports and Exercise Science.  He played on the basketball team for two years and also competed in track (1,500 meters and javelin) for two years.  “Aaron White is so deserving of this opportunity, and I'm excited to have the chance to help him in any way that I can,” said Coach Leber.  “Coach White has been extremely loyal to our program over the last 15 years, and he's quite simply an outstanding man, role model, teacher, and coach. He's dedicated, determined, organized, hard-working, and passionate.  He will do a super job of leading the young men in the program, and I'm really excited for him.”

A 1988 graduate of Catoctin High School, Coach White played basketball for two years at Frederick Community College under Coach Jim Weddle before moving on to Messiah.  At FCC, he earned the Cougar Award for the highest grade point average on the team and the Hardcourt Award for outstanding effort.

“It has been an honor coaching with two of the best and devoted coaches in the county for the past 15 years,” said Coach White.  “I have learned a lot both on and off the court from Coach Jarrett and Coach Leber and will do my best to continue the tradition of hard-nosed, competitive basketball at MHS.  It has been a pleasure working with the young men in this program at the JV level, and as the varsity coach, I look forward to continuing to help them grow and develop both on the basketball court and as young men as they move into the next phases of their lives.”  Coach White has worked with 13 players at Middletown who have gone on to play college basketball.  He was an assistant coach for the school’s two most recent state tournament teams in 1996 and 1998.  Coach White and his wife, Jamie, live in Jefferson.