Boone County High School has appointed Marcus Harris to be the next girls varsity basketball coach.
Harris comes over from Newport after one season as the Wildcats girls basketball coach. Prior to that he was an assistant under Aaron Stamm at Ludlow for the boys team.
Harris takes over for Todd Humphrey, who slotted over from the Boone County girls to the boys team in June, filling the void left by Nathan Browning taking the Conner boys job.
“Those who know Coach Harris praise him for his contagious positivity, his knowledge of the game and his genuine passion for helping young people chase their goals,” Boone County High School released in a statement.
In his one season with Newport, Harris led the Wildcats to a 7-24 record, improving down the final stretch of the season as they won four of their final eight games.
Harris has a decade of coaching experience as he made stops as an assistant at Scott, St. Henry, Notre Dame and Holy Cross.
Based off last season’s roster, Boone County is expected to return all but one player, Lauren Hacker the lone senior graduate on the team in which the Lady Rebels finished 7-20. The list of expected returnees include their top three scorers in Lyric Hooper (13.0 PPG), Joslyn LaBordeaux Humphrey (12.4 PPG) and Mya Bennett (10.3 PPG). The three are also the returning leading rebounders.
Boone County has fallen on hard times as of late, resulting in one winning season since Nell Fookes retired in 2014-15. They had a 14-10 record in 2020-21 under Ryan Bowman, but missed out on the region tourney, their last region tournament appearance coming in 2015.
Harris will be introduced on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at the High School.
The hire of Harris fills all the 9th Region girls basketball coaching vacancies except for Newport. Newport Central Catholic, Dayton, St. Henry, Ludlow, Beechwood and Holmes all had coaching changes in the offseason.
