Dawahares/KHSAA Hall of Fame
DAWAHARES/KHSAA HALL OF FAME
NOMINATION FORM AND INFORMATION
Information about Nominee:
Name: Lynn Ray
Address:
48 Edwards Ave
Florence, KY 41042
Information about Person Making the Nomination:
Name: Nate Thamann
Address:
3907 Brownlee Rd
Louisville, KY 40207
Category of Nomination:
Athlete, Coach
Gender:
Male
Minority?
Primary KHSAA Basketball Region: 9
Secondary KHSAA Basketball Region: 0
Coach:
Coached at which High School(s): Covington Catholic
Year of Retirement: 2017
Athlete:
High School Attended: Boone County
Year of Graduation: 1964
Nominee's Accomplishments at the High School Level in Kentucky:
As a player, Lynn Ray was a 3-sport athlete in football, basketball, and baseball at Boone County High School. He earned 1962 All-State Honorable Mention at running back, and was the team's 1962 Most Valuable Back. As a senior he was voted the school's overall Most Valuable Athlete for all sports at Boone County HS, he was co-captain of the football team, and earned 1963 All-State Honorable Mention at quarterback. He earned a football scholarship and played football at Eastern Kentucky, graduating in 1968. In his 5th year of coaching football, 29 year old Lynn Ray took over a football program at Covington Catholic that had no practice field, nor a football stadium, and that only had 34 wins in its 8-year history, and he built the program up over the next 30 seasons, winning 234 games - 200 more than the four head coaches who preceded him - and led the team to win five state football titles in the process (1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1997).
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Electronic Signature: Nate Thamann
Date Submitted: May 16, 2021