Former Mason County Royals basketball Kelly Wells has been hired as the director of athletics at Morehead State University, his alma mater.
Wells, a native of Morehead, was a three-year letter winner on the MSU basketball team.
He began his coaching career at Marion County.
Well guided Mason County to the 2003 state championship and a state runner-up finish in 2004.
After leaving Mason County in 2004, Wells coached at Hawaii-Pacific Unversity.
He returned to Kentucky as the head coach at Pikeville College which became the University of Pikeville. His 2011 UPIKE team won the NAIA National Championship.
Wells, who has served as director of athletics at UPIKE since 2018, will begin his new job on July 1.
He will be formally introduced at a press conference Monday at 2 p.m. at the MSU Academic-Athletic Center.
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