Greenfield-Central seeks new boys basketball coach after Wayer resigns for Fishers job

Greenfield-Central is back in the market for a boys basketball coach after Miles Wayer resigned following just one season, a sudden turn that leaves the Cougars trying to stabilize the program before offseason work really starts. The varsity opening was posted as soon as Wednesday, and athletic director Jared Manning said the school hopes to have a new coach in place by the May board meeting.

The timing matters because Greenfield-Central was not coming off a collapse. The Cougars finished 12-12 and closed the season with four straight wins before running into Mt. Vernon in the Class 4A Sectional 9 championship. Mt. Vernon won that game 64-50, ending a late push that had given Greenfield-Central something concrete to build on heading into the spring. In that sectional loss, the Cougars shot 46% from the field, hit 6 of 14 three-pointers and finished with 12 assists against 8 turnovers.

That makes the next hire less about rescuing a broken program and more about preserving momentum. Wayer, in his only season at Greenfield-Central, left behind a team that showed it could score efficiently and compete deep into the tournament. Manning’s comments reflected that reality, noting the school valued what Wayer brought to the program and had hoped he would stay longer. The new coach will inherit a roster with some baseline success already established, not a rebuild from scratch.

The other half of the story is Fishers, where Wayer is expected to be named the next head coach. He previously spent three seasons there as an assistant under Garrett Winegar, who guided one of the most dominant runs in recent Indiana boys basketball memory. Fishers went 73-14 during Winegar’s tenure and 59-2 from 2023 through 2025, a stretch that included the program’s first state title in 2024, a state runner-up finish in 2025 and a 43-game winning streak.

Fishers also enters the next cycle with real firepower intact. Jason Gardner Jr. and Cooper Zachary are back, both part of the Indiana Junior All-Stars core group, and Zachary’s production in the Hoosier Crossroads Conference, 15.0 points, 5.3 assists and 2.9 steals per game, gives the Tigers a proven lead guard profile. With Winegar leaving in March for Iowa United Prep and Fishers still positioned among the state’s elite, Wayer’s move links two programs in the same orbit and gives both schools an offseason decision with statewide implications.