YSU hires new women’s basketball coach

Youngstown State University has hired Bob Boldon as its new women’s basketball coach.

Boldon was an assistant coach at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers last season, helping the Eagles finish 24-7 and earn a berth in the WNIT.

Boldon is originally from Stark County, graduating from Louisville High School and Walsh University, where he was a standout point guard. After graduating from Walsh in 1997, he spent one year as an assistant coach for the Cavaliers’ NAIA national championship team.

He then moved on to Wilmington College and has also coached at Lambuth, Arkansas-Monticello, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Gannon University.

Boldon, who replaces Cindy Martin, will be introduced at a press conference Wednesday. Martin resigned last month after going 0-30 in her second season with the Penguins.