Oak Hill Academy has hired alumnus, NCAA champion and former NBA star Carmelo Anthony as the co-general manager of the Gold squad in the boys basketball program at the Grayson County private school.
Anthony will team with longtime business manager Bay Frazier, likely working remotely rather than taking up residence at the nationally known basketball program in Mouth of Wilson.
The school has hired former Maryland-Baltimore County assistant John Zito as its Gold team head coach. Zito has been the coach of Team Melo, an AAU program founded by Anthony. Most recently he served as the head coach at John Carroll High School in Baltimore.
Zito replaces Yerrick Stoneman as Oak Hill’s head coach.
A New York City native, Anthony led Oak Hill to a 32-1 record in 2001-02 and was selected to the McDonald’s All-American Boys Game, where he was a teammate on the East squad of Cave Spring High School’s J.J. Redick, who was named one of the game’s most valuable players.
Anthony played one season at Syracuse University, leading the Orange to the 2003 NCAA championship.
He was a 10-time NBA all-star during a 20-year pro career, mostly with the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks, finishing his career with 28,289 points.
Anthony will be inducted as a first-ballot choice into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, later this season.
His son, Kiyan Anthony, is a Syracuse signee and was the MVP in the recent Jordan Brand Classic.
Oak Hill became a private school basketball powerhouse in the early 1980s when the program was coached by former ABA standout Harley “Skeeter” Swift. Steve Smith brought the program national prominence, claiming seven national high school championships led by players such as Jerry Stackhouse and Kevin Durant.
Oak Hill’s Gold team has posted a 71-33 record over the last three years with the proliferation of like-minded boarding school programs across the country. It went 23-11 in 2024-25.