Ken Cates has been named the new boys basketball coach at Shelby County. He replaces Jason Couch, who left last month to become the head coach at Bullitt East.
Cates, 36, spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach at Shelby County after previous stints at Henry County and Collins. He’s a 1999 Graves County graduate who went on to attend the University of Kentucky.
“We’ve always lived in Shelby County, even though I’ve taught and worked in other counties, so this is home,” Cates said. “I’m blessed and honored and glad the administration had faith in me. I’m very excited.”
Gates is married to the former Suzanne Witten, who was Kentucky’s Miss Softball as a senior at Butler High School in 2000.