Men's Basketball

Coaching Staff

Bob Nocton is entering his third year as head coach of the Thunderhawks.Last year's team finished 20-9 overall, second in the league, and lost in the semi-final game of the ORCC State Tournament. His first team in 2005-06, finished 20-8 and also finished second in the conference standings.

Prior to joining the Middletown campus program, he was head boys coach at Middletown H.S. for seven years. Bob was recognized as the Hamilton Journal Area Coach of the Year in 1998-99, when he led the Middies to a 15-7 record and GMC runnner-up finish.

Prior to coming to Middletown, Nocton was the head coach at Columbian H.S. in Tiffin, Ohio. While at Columbian he recieved District 6 Coach of the Year and Northwest Ohio Division I Coach of the Year honors after leading Columbian to a school best 18-3 record and their first league championship in 18 years.

Bob teaches U.S. History at Middletown H.S. and resides in Lebanon with his wife , Joyce, and three sons, Kenny, a sophomore at Miami, Oxford, Matt a Junior and Drew a Freshman at Lebanon H.S.

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Melvin Levett

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Clifford Johnson is entering his third year as assistant coach at Miami University Middletown. Cliff was born and raised in the Historic Dayton View area of Dayton, Ohio. He now lives in Middletown with wife Nicole,daughter Leah and infant son Maximillian.

An alumnus of Miami University Middletown, Coach Johnson received an Associate Degree in 2002 and was a member of the ThunderHawks in 2001 and 2002. He helped lead the team to ORCC championships in both ’01 and ’02 and to the Ohio Regional Campus State Championship in 2002. After two successful years as a ThunderHawk, he moved on to play one year at Indiana Institute of Technology in Fort Wayne.

Coach Johnson now attends Wright State University, where he is majoring in Management Information Systems. He also is employed as a Contract Evaluator/Negotiator for Montgomery County and owns his own network marketing business. Coach Johnson brings enthusiasm and a great work ethic to his coaching duties and hopes to instill those into the lives of current and future ThunderHawks.

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