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Campbell County coach Aric Russell announces retirement

Aric Russell retires from Campbell County

Longtime Campbell County boys basketball coach and four time 10th Region Champion Aric Russell announced he is retiring from coaching after 22 years as a head boys basketball coach.

In May of 2010, Aric Russell was named the head coach of Campbell County after spending the last nine seasons at Newport.  Russell led the Wildcats to a 9th Region Championship and Sweet 16® in 2010 with a record of 29-6.  He had a record of 124-120 at Newport.

Russell spent the last thirteen years as the head coach of the Camels.  In those years, Campbell County won eleven district titles, including the last ten in a row.  Russell led the Camels to the Sweet 16® four times in 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019.  

Aric Russell broke the school record for most wins this season, with 284 wins to just 134 losses.  

For his boys basketball coaching career, Aric Russell has a lifetime record of 408-254.

Russell also won 51 games with the Newport girls program for a total of 459 wins.

SeasonSchoolWLPostSeason
2002Newport1016
2003Newport1213
2004Newport1018
2005Newport1214
2006Newport1212
2007Newport1115
2008Newport1215
2009Newport1611
2010Newport2969th Region Champions
2011Campbell County1811
2012Campbell County1913District Champions
2013Campbell County1415
2014Campbell County219Region Champions
2015Campbell County2510Region Champions
2016Campbell County1913District Champions
2017Campbell County305District Champions, Region Runner Up
2018Campbell County296Region Champions
2019Campbell County315Region Champions
2020Campbell County1815District Champions
2021Campbell County189District Champions
2022Campbell County2011District Champions
2023Campbell County2212District Champions
Newport124120
Campbell County284134
Total408254

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