My Story Started at GRCC: Assistant basketball coach Islam Hoxha came to West Michigan as a refugee from Kosovo, gives back by helping change lives
Nov. 14, 2022, GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- It’s 5 p.m. on a Thursday, and Islam Hoxha is pacing the hallways of the Gerald R. Ford Fieldhouse.
He’s nervous.
A first-year assistant coach for the Grand Rapids Community College’s men’s basketball team, Hoxha said he gets nervous before every game. But on this mid-November day, he and the Raiders are 2 ½ hours away from tipoff against their archrivals, the Lansing Community College Stars.