Episode #23- Kelly Wells, long-time college basketball coach and current athletic director, University of Pikeville, Pikeville, Kentucky

Kelly Wells is completing his second year as Director of Athletics at the University of Pikeville in Pikeville, Kentucky, a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Wells served as head coach of the men's basketball program at UPIKE for 13 seasons dating back to 2006-07. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration at Morehead State University in 1995 and a Masters of Arts in Education from Morehead State University in 2001.  He is a former NCAA Division I basketball player and a coach's son. After finishing his collegiate playing career, Wells spent 15 seasons overall as a head coach (532-216), spending three seasons at Marion County High School from 1995-97, eight seasons at Mason County High School from 1997-2004, one season at Hawai’i Pacific in 2005-06, followed by 14 seasons at Pikeville. In the collegiate ranks, Wells holds a 321-130 record through 15 seasons. His accomplishments with the Bears include the all-time wins title in men’s basketball history. He won the NAIA National Championship in 2011, has captured four conference titles and coached 24 All-Americans, including two NAIA Players of the Year in Bruce Reed in 2014 and Kenny Manigault in 2015. He was named the NAIA Coach of the Year following the 2011 championship season. His Bears teams put together 12 20-win seasons in 13 years. Included in that run are the program’s first two 30-win campaigns. Kelly's email is [email protected].