Bourbon County is looking for a new head boys basketball coach. Derek Robinson coached the last two seasons with a combined record of 24-35. The Colonels were 13-16 this past season and nearly upset Mason County in the first round of the region tournament.

Coach Robinson and the school have not released an update regarding the position. However, the job is posted on their school website.

He coached the girls basketball team in 2021-22 before being hired as the boys coach.

Robinson is a 1998 graduate of Bourbon County. He played his junior and senior years under coach Tony Sosby. In his junior year, the Colonels were 19-12 and went 7-11 his senior year, winning a district championship both years.

He went on to play basketball at Western Kentucky University and played for 7 years professionally. He scored 1,000 points for the Hilltoppers and was named SunBelt Conference Freshman of the year. In 2002, he was named to the All-Sunbelt Conference Team.

He has spent time as an assistant coach at Bourbon County, Paris, Bryan Station, and Fredrick Douglass.

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