The Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association announced Tuesday that Dave Boyce of Perrysburg High
School will receive the 2019 Paul Walker Award.
The Paul Walker Award is presented annually by the OHSBCA to an active coaching member of the association
who has made significant contributions to high school basketball. The award is named in honor of the
late Paul Walker, the longtime coach of Middletown High School. At the time of his retirement, he had
the most wins as a boys’ basketball coach in Ohio High School Basketball History.
Boyce is entering his 19th season at the as head coach of the Perrysburg basketball program. He spent 15
years (14 as head coach) at Westland High School in suburban Columbus. Boyce’s career began at the age
of 20 as the freshmen coach at Northwood High School for two years before becoming the head coach there
for three years.
Over the past 32 years at Westland and Perrysburg, Boyce’s teams have finished as high as No. 3, No. 5
and No. 7 in the final State of Ohio AP poll. He has also led each school to their first Division 1
district title.
He has won 12 conference championships, six District Coach of the Year Awards, the 2010 State Coach of
the Year and won his 500th game earlier this season. He coached the South team in the 1998 Ohio
North-South game.
He started the Great Lakes AAU program in 2001 – that program has given hundreds of players the
opportunity to play spring basketball within an organized structure.
Boyce spent 18 years in the classroom teaching accounting and business courses, before entering
administration in 2003. He is currently an assistant principal at Perrysburg High School.
Dave and his wife Karen reside in Perrysburg. Dave has two sons; his son David works in Perrysburg, while
Brian works in Columbus. Both boys are graduates of The Ohio State University and had outstanding
careers playing for their dad.