Kirkpatrick and Arn hired as basketball coaches at St. Patrick

John Kirkpatrick, the 2016 KABC Region 3 Coach of the Year at Trinity High School in Whitesville, is the new boys basketball coach at St. Patrick. 

Andy Arn, who was the boys basketball coach at St. Patrick for four seasons, is the new girls basketball coach at St. Patrick.

Kirkpatrick had a two-year record of 24-35 as the boys coach at Trinity. He coached the Trinity girls team to a 12-17 record

 in the 2013-14 season. 

Arn coached the Saints from the 2009-10 season through the 2012-13 season and compiled a 42-66 record. He was an assistant coach for the Lady Saints last season.

Kirkpatrick succeeds Matt Taylor who left after three seasons to become the head coach at Fleming County.

Arn succeeds Beth Garrison who resigned after accepting a teaching position in Lewis County. Garrison was the St. Patrick girls coach for three seasons.

Beth Garrison steps down as Lady Saints' coach

After three seasons as the girls basketball coach at St. Patrick, Beth Garrison has resigned. She announced on her Facebook account Friday that she has accepted a teaching position at Lewis County Middle School.

St. Patrick Coaches Beth Garrison and Matt Taylor on SportsTalk

St. Patrick basketball coaches Beth Garrison and Matt Taylor were my guests on SportsTalk this morning. Here is a link to the podcast.