Joe Luce is out as Wawasee’s boys basketball coach with six games remaining in his first season with the Warriors. Photo by Nathan Pace.

Wawasee High School Athletic Director Brent Doty announced Tuesday, Feb. 3, that Joe Luce is no longer serving as the head boys basketball coach at Wawasee High School.

The school announced that assistant coach Nate O’Connell has accepted the position of head boys basketball coach on a permanent basis.

Coach O’Connell began his coaching career with Wawasee boys basketball in 2008 and has been a part of the Warrior basketball program for many years. He was a member of the last boys basketball coaching staff at Wawasee High School to win a sectional championship.

Wawasee (12-6, 3-2 NLC) will next take on Northridge at 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5. The Warriors still have a shot at winning a share of the Northern Lakes Conference this season if they win their final two games in the NLC this month and have NorthWood lose at least one conference game.