From the NY Daily News:

Everyone at Boys & Girls HS has a heavy heart.

Frank Mickens, the school's beloved former principal and basketball coach, died in his sleep at his Brooklyn home Thursday morning. He was 63.

Mickens coached Boys & Girls from 1969-79, leading the Kangaroos to a PSAL championship in his last season on the bench.

Before the 1994 season, Mickens hired Ruth Lovelace in an unprecedented move, making her the first woman to coach a PSAL boys basketball team.