Frederick Douglass’ Scarberry, Madison Central’s True named region coaches of the year
Frederick Douglass boys’ basketball’s Wes Scarberry and Madison Central girls’ basketball’s Scott True have been selected as 11th Region coaches of the year by the Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches.
They were among the coaches honored in each region in conjunction with the announcement of KABC’s region players of the year on Friday. Those players are this year’s nominees for Mr. Basketball and Miss Basketball.
This is the second KABC coach of the year recognition for Scarberry, who last won it as the head coach of Model in 2013. Scarberry has been interim head coach at Douglass since October and led the Broncos to a 25-2 record, a top seed in the 42nd District tournament next week and a No. 9 ranking in the latest media poll.
True is in his first season as head coach at Madison Central and has led the Indians to an 18-6 record and top seed in the 44th District tournament next week. Madison Central ranks as the No. 21 team in the state, according to the latest ratings by Dave Cantrall. True had previously been head coach at Lexington Catholic and spent the last few years as an assistant at Franklin County.
Boys’ coaches of the year
1st Region: Sawyer Donohoo, Marshall County.
2nd Region: Melvin Brown, University Heights
3rd Region: Tim Riley, Owensboro Catholic.
4th Region: William Unseld, Warren Central.
5th Region: Montrelle Irvin, Taylor County.
6th Region: Larry Miller, Evangel Christian.
7th Region: Greg Willis, Ballard.
8th Region: Chris Gaither, Collins; Joseph Utter, Grant County.
9th Region: Matt Otte, Conner.
10th Region: Brian Kirk, Mason County.
11th Region: Wes Scarberry, Frederick Douglass.
12th Region: Wade Davis, McCreary Central.
13th Region: Derek Akal, Harlan.
14th Region: Matthew Taylor, Letcher Central; Allan Holland, Hazard.
15th Region: Jason James, Martin County.
16th Region: Derek Cooksey, Russell.
Girls’ coaches of the year
1st Region: Scott Sivills, McCracken County.
2nd Region: Cory Coble, Union County.
3rd Region: Jansen Locher, Owensboro.
4th Region: Kristen Anderson, Cumberland.
5th Region: Jason Clark, Bethlehem.
6th Region: Jessie Curry, Bullitt Central.
7th Region: Ashley Franklin, Manual.
8th Region: John Howie, Spencer County
9th Region: Ted Arlinghaus, Covington Holy Cross.
10th Region: Steve Brown, Bishop Brossart.
11th Region: Scott True, Madison Central.
12th Region: Junior Molden, Southwestern.
13th Region: Elgie Green, Pineville.
14th Region: Larry Sparks, Leslie County.
15th Region: Melinda Feltner, Lawrence County.
16th Region: Jay Fite, Lewis County.
This story was originally published February 17, 2023 at 10:11 AM.
