Calvary Day, Savannah Country Day hire new girls basketball coaches
Girls basketball coach Kevin Furtado, who has 507 career wins, takes over at Calvary Day, while Fallon Page is hired as Savannah Country Day coach.
Veteran girls basketball coach Kevin Furtado is taking over the program at Calvary Day, replacing Landon Sarazine, who led the Cav program for one season. Furtado, who graduated from the University of Georgia, started coaching in 1990 and has a career record of 507-323. He joins the Cavs, who struggled last season with a 4-21 record, after coaching at Effingham County for one year.
The Rebels went 6-18 this year after winning just two games the year before. "This is my 36th year coaching and most years I've come in to take over teams that have been down," said Furtado, who has coached 12 teams in his head coaching career. "I like the rebuilding process and I know the strong tradition of the girls basketball program at Calvary Day.
When I was offered the job, I just couldn't turn it down. "I was able to retire from the public school system and I think Calvary Day is the perfect spot for me to land. " Furtado has led three teams to the Final Four in GIAA playoffs and had a strong run at Lake Oconee Academy from 2016-21.
He started the program from scratch there and led the Titans to a pair of Elite Eight appearances in the GHSA playoffs in the 2019-20 season and the 2020-21 season, when the team finished with a 25-1 record competing in the Class A Public enrollment classification. He followed with stints at Walnut Grove and Commerce High School, where he turned around those teams, before taking the job at Effingham County last year. "I think we can get Calvary Day back to being an elite program," Furtado said.