Coaching legend Kevin Boyle leaving Montverde Academy for Spire Academy after season

Kevin Boyle — who has amassed 855 wins during his illustrious coaching career — announced Wednesday morning he is leaving perennial powerhouse Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) to take the head coaching position at Spire Academy (Geneva, Ohio) at the end of the season, according to a report by Jonathan Givony of ESPN.

Boyle arrived at Montverde Academy prior to the 2011-12 season following a stint at St. Patrick (Hillside, N.J.) from 1989-2011. He quickly built the Florida program into a national powerhouse, coaching the likes of Scottie Barnes, R.J. Barrett, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, Joel Embiid, Kyrie Irving and D'Angelo Russell along with the projected top pick in the 2025 NBA Draft Cooper Flagg.

Under Boyle's leadership, Montverde has been recognized as a national champion by MaxPreps in 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2024. The coaching legend won 91 percent of his games during his 14 seasons with the program, guiding them to a record of 363-33 with 13 consecutive top 10 finishes in the national rankings (this year would mark 14 straight).

A pair of Boyle's teams at Montverde Academy will go down in high school basketball history as two of the greatest of all-time. His 2019-20 squad went 25-0 with current NBA players Scottie Barnes, Cade Cunningham, Caleb Houstan, Moses Moody and Day'Ron Sharpe forming the starting five for a group that outscored opponents by 38.9 points per contest. Other key members of the team included current Brooklyn Nets guard Dariq Whitehead, Baylor guard Langston Love and Gonzaga guard Ryan Nembhard.

In 2023-24, Boyle formed another special group that ran the table at 34-0 while outscoring the opposition by 29.7 points per outing. That team was led by Duke wing Flagg, Maryland center Derik Queen, Connecticut forward Liam McNeeley, Georgia forward Asa Newell, Baylor guard Rob Wright III and LSU guard Curtis Givens.

In total, Boyle has coached 19 MaxPreps All-America selections and four MaxPreps National Player of the Year picks while being named MaxPreps National Coach of the Year in 2019-20. During his tenure with Montverde Academy he built the Eagles into the standard for high school basketball academies.

During his tenure at St. Patrick, Boyle led the Celtics to five New Jersey Tournament of Champions titles in 1998, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2009, eight Parochial North Championships and 15 Union County Championships. Notable alumni during his time with the program include Samuel Dalembert, Al Harrington, Kyrie Irving and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.