ALVA, Okla. – Following a successful tenure at Oklahoma City University, Vinay Patel has been named the new head men’s basketball coach at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Director of Athletics Brad Franz announced on Monday.

“I am very pleased to welcome Coach Patel, wife Megan and son Jaxon to the Ranger family as our men’s basketball head coach,” said Franz. “He rose to the top of a quality pool of applicants. Coach Patel has a strong background at the NCAA Division II level and has been extremely successful over the past four seasons at Oklahoma City, taking the Stars to the NAIA Na...