Ashland has named Ryan Bonner as Interim Coach, replacing Jason Mays. Bonner has been an assistant coach for 8 years. Thoughts on him being named interim coach? I’m sure he’ll retain the same assistant coaches. Experienced head coach Troy Lee Thomas should be a big help for Coach Bonner. Will Ashland be seeking a big name coach to fill the job for next year, or wait to see how Bonner does this year? Should be an interesting year for the Tomcats.

Ryan was a good player for Ashland and he grew up there.  I am sure he will do everything in his power to make sure that Ashland is abiding by all khsaa laws if he was to get the full time head coach Job.

An Ashland product who has been on the bench for 8 years paired with Coach Thomas as a steady hand when it comes to matters on how to run a program - I think that is pretty fantastic recipe for success, all challenges considered.

Coach Bonner said it best about his high school days that he was a basketball player stuck inside a football body. It’ll be interesting to see if the administration let's him coach the entire season before naming a head coach. 

On 11/17/2022 at 10:39 PM, tomcat1984 said:

Coach Bonner said it best about his high school days that he was a basketball player stuck inside a football body. It’ll be interesting to see if the administration let's him coach the entire season before naming a head coach. 

My son played football with Ryan at EKU.  Solid guy, I wish him well.