Ed Addie leaves Rock Hill for Arborbrook Christian boys’ basketball job
One of the region’s top boys’ high school basketball coaches is leaving South Carolina for a job just past the Mecklenburg County line, near Charlotte.
Ed Addie, who has been a fixture in summer travel ball circuits and high school basketball for 20 years, is leaving Rock Hill’s Westminster Catawba School for Arborbrook Christian Academy. He’ll be joined by his longtime assistant Erik Whaley.
Addie will be officially introduced as the new coach today.
Arborbrook Christian is in Matthews just past the Interstate 485/Providence Road exit in Charlotte. The western Union County school is just minutes away, by car, from Weddington High.
The K-12 private Christian school serves about 230 students and has an annual tuition ranging from $10,700, for lower school, to $12,700 for the high school.
The Falcons’ boys’ basketball team was 14-5 last season and plays in the N.C. Independent Schools’ Southern Piedmont conference with schools like Charlotte-based private school power Victory Christian.
Addie, 61, has coached at Westminster Catawba since the 2019-20 season.
He was the school’s ninth head coach in 11 seasons, and when he took over, Westminster Catawba had won 16 games in five seasons, going 16-99 in the span. The school had not had wining season since 2005-06.
In seven seasons, Addie’s teams were 117-72 with two Elite 8 and one Final Four NCISAA playoff appearances, and Westminster sent 15 players to college, including five Division I players.
Before Westminster, Addie coached at Charlotte’s Kennedy Charter School in the 2010-11 season. Addie attracted five future Division I players to the school, despite being hired six months before the season. Under Addie, Kennedy Charter finished 30-3. The Eagles averaged 96 points and led the nation in scoring.
Addie — who was later an assistant under Muggsy Bogues at United Faith and at Gaston Day — left Kennedy Charter after one season to return to his travel basketball program, the Queen City Athletic Assocation, which was founded in 2006.
QCAA has helped developed dozens of college and NBA players, including Grant Williams (Hornets/Tennessee), Wendell Moore (Pistons/Duke), Devon Dotson (Kansas) and Trey Wertz (Notre Dame).
This story was originally published March 25, 2026 at 5:30 AM.
