Coach Billy Inmon led DCA to the state tourney quarterfinals last season. (Chris Zollner Photo).
Danville Christian Academy had a season to remember last year.
The DCA girls won the All “A” Classic state championship, won the 12th Region and won two games at the state tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Sacred Heart.
Grace Mbugua became a national recruit and eventually signed with Louisville after also being heavily recruited by LSU and many others. Mbugua again earned all-state honors and was a Miss Basketball finalist.
Coach Billy Inmon has been picked to coach the Kentucky team in the annual Kentucky-Ohio All-Star Game April 12 at Thomas More College.
However, the good times at DCA are over for Inmon, the school’s only head coach since it started a basketball program and played in KHSAA postseason competition for the first time in 2020.
“Due to a difference in the direction of the school my wife and I are resigning from our volunteer positions as Girls basketball coach. This has been an amazing ministry and we have loved being a part of these girls’ lives and will miss seeing them daily! We look forward to seeing what amazing things they will accomplish for the Lord,” Inmon said in a statement Sunday night.
DCA was 27-8 last season and won nine games in a row before losing 60-44 to Sacred Heart. The Warriors were 29-3 a year before and lost 65-63 to Cooper in state and nearly pulled off one of biggest upsets ever at the state tournament. DCA was 20-7 two years ago.
The Warriors didn’t have the 6-5 Mbugua the first part of the season after she suffered an ACL injury last summer. She came into the season with 2,007 points and 1,527 rebounds in three years with a great chance to become the first Kentucky player to have over 2,000 points and 2,000 rebounds.
However, she missed 12 games and finished her career with 2,519 points and 1,819 rebounds. She averaged 22.3 points and 12.7 rebounds per game during the 2024-25 season and shot 54.7 percent from the field.
Inmon said he would “never say never” to possibly coaching again.
“But I cannot envision any scenario where that (coaching again) would happen,” Inmon said.
He is still trying to help expose senior point guard Alaya Quisenberry to more college coaches. She will play in the Kentucky-Ohio all-star game along with Mbugua.
“She got a lot of exposure through the Sweet Sixteen but I still think she is underrated,” Inmon said. “She has some offers but I want to exhaust every possible opportunity for her. She turned 17 after August so she could have been a sophomore this year.”
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I don’t follow or even know about DCA, but Christian Academy’s get my attention when an article stands out for any reason.
People who dedicate their time to ministering the Life essence filled with the Lord’s Divine attributes into the hearts of young people is a gift in many ways – being dispensed into others with a mutual rewarding.
It is sad when different opinions break a successful bond which has nurtured students – those who will shine Light into future generations. When folks drop their own ideas & lay hold of the Lord Jesus they can “think this one thing” and allow the mind of Christ bridge all gaps & differences. Whoever stands in the way of continuing such a ministry bears a heavy burden of accountability,
May the Grace of God flow richly into the coach, his wife and the many students whose lives have been nourished! May He shine light into whoever has disrupted the bond.
It seems there’s lot of coaches stepping down or being force to step down across the state. Girls and boys team