Ocoee High's Marcus Spencer named West Metro girls basketball coach of the year

The honor comes for the Lady Knights coach after leading the team to a 24-5 record and its first regional championship.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 12:00 p.m. April 1, 2025

Sports
High Schools

Ocoee High girls basketball coach Marcus Spencer has been named the All-West Metro Conference 2024-25 coach of the year.

“Being named coach of the year is the ultimate honor,” Spencer said. “(It’s special) when other coaches recognize the hard work you and your coaching staff have put in. Taking this team to the state Final Four was a vision of mine five years ago and it came to fruition.”

This honor comes after he led the Lady Knights program to its most wins in a single season (26), a third consecutive district championship, and its first regional championship and Final Four appearance.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.