One of the greatest players in New Hampshire state history has found a new basketball home at Lynn Classical High School.
Jaylen LeRoy, a two-time state champion and New Hampshire player of the year at Manchester Central and fourth-all-time leading scorer at Plymouth State with 1,811 points, is the new assistant varsity coach in the Classical boys basketball program.
The 6-foot-3-inch LeRoy, 28, was at the July 25 Classical Summer Basketball Clinic instructing players alongside Head Coach Marvin Avery and Junior Varsity Coach Rich Warren Sr.
“I’m excited to get going and I think we’re expecting some big things here, so it should be a lot of fun,” said LeRoy.
“I’m very happy to bring Jaylin on board,” said Avery. “[Former Classical basketball star and LeRoy’s Plymouth State classmate and women’s college basketball player] Chenysse Hill brought it to my attention that we had someone available to coach that worked in the school system. I ran it by my athletic director, Josh Mower, and the sky was the limit. I couldn’t ask for a better guy to be my assistant varsity coach. My other two assistants are Richie Warren, one of the best JV coaches in the Commonwealth, and Deshawn Anderson, who will be leading our freshman team.”
A prolific scorer at Manchester Central
LeRoy is originally from Manchester, N.H., the state’s largest city with 116,000 residents.
To call his high school basketball career great would be an understatement. He played three seasons at Manchester Central, leading the Little Green to two Division 1 state championships.
“We had a strong run, and I was fortunate enough to win the player of the year award,” said LeRoy humbly.
LeRoy decided to continue his career in the Granite State, opting for Plymouth State under the direction of coach Andrew Novick. He averaged more than 20 points per game in his four seasons, leading the Little East in scoring as a sophomore.
“I was a shooter,” said LeRoy. “The coach really put me in a position to play to my strength.”
LeRoy graduated from Plymouth State with a degree in business and professional sales.
Following graduation, he played professional basketball in Africa. He is currently a teacher in the technology department at Lynn English High School.
What led Jaylen LeRoy to leave New Hampshire and begin his career in teaching and coaching in Lynn?
“Chenysse Hill and I met at Plymouth, and we’ve been going strong ever since,” said LeRoy. “From the day I met her, I already knew. It will be nine years on October 13. We have a four-year-old son, Jayce, and we live in Lynn.”
Hill is a teacher at Ingalls Elementary School and an assistant coach in Tom Sawyer’s Classical girls basketball program.
Meanwhile, LeRoy has taken his athletic gifts to the golf course. He plays regularly at Gannon Municipal in Lynn. “My game’s improving. I’m getting there. It’s a process.”
With his sterling basketball resume and proven ability to score points in bunches, LeRoy should be a perfect fit as a coach dialing up Marvin Avery’s up-tempo style of play.
LeRoy won two state titles as a player, and he now seeks his first as a coach at Classical. And with Avery and Company coming off an appearance in the Massachusetts Final Four, that goal seems reachable in 2027.
“The Rams will be back,” predicts Avery. “We’re going to very talented and athletic. We’ll be inexperienced, but we’ll be well- coached and back on top. We can make a run for a title.”
