West Georgia Technical College Men's Basketball

Okolovitch enters his third season as head mens basketball coach at West Georgia Tech. His 2011-12 squad won the Region 17 Championship and a earned a No. 14 national ranking. That team played in the NJCAA Playoffs and were just two wins away from reaching the National Championship Final Eight. Okolovitch brings over 20 years of basketball experience as a player and coach to West Georgia Technical College.  Okolovitch started playing as a youth in Germany and finished his high school career in Jacksonville, Ala.  Okolovitch moved on to play at Jacksonville State University, graduating with a bachelors degree in History. After graduation, Okolovitch decided to take his love and knowledge of basketball into the field of behavioral sciences.  He spent ten years working with autistic children and troubled youth in residential treatment facilities.  He implemented basketball based treatment programs focusing on the principles of hard work, dedication, and teamwork that create good athletes and foremost create successful people.  He now works as a Deputy Sheriff with the Cobb County Sheriffs Office. Okolovitchs coaching experience has included consulting with player development on the high school level, coaching in youth leagues, and involvement in player camps.  His focus has always been to use basketball as a tool to attain your goals, not as your goal.  He teaches that success in basketball is achieved in three ways: academic, community, and lastly on the court.  Using basketball to create successful, caring, and respectful individuals are his primary concerns for his players.