By DUSTIN ARMBRUSTER

Just over a month following the resignation of Bo Black as the head football and track coach at Hays High, a new coach has been selected. Randall Rath has agreed to a contract offer to begin teaching and coach in the fall of 2015. Rath’s job is still pending USD 489 school board approval.

Coach Randall Rath

Rath is currently at Cimarron High School, where he led the Bluejays to a 6-4 record and a playoff berth. He will be leaving Cimarron after just one season.

Rath had been coach in Oakley since 1992. He became head coach for the Plainsmen in 1998 and remained in that position through the 2013 season.

Rath plans to meet with the Indian football team in the next couple of weeks, and looks to take full control of the program the first of June.

Randall and his wife Ann are both Kansas natives. Their oldest daughter, Taylor, is married and lives in Aurora, Nebraska. Their middle daughter, Kaylen, is a junior at Fort Hays State University. Their youngest daughter, Marlee is a senior in high school at Cimarron.

Rath becomes the third coach in three years at Hays High School. Ryan Cornelsen left to become the head coach in Hutchinson two years ago. Black is headed to Shawnee Mission Northwest following this school year.

Rath says his plan is to run the football and then use play action off of the running game.

Rath also hopes raise the number of athletes out for football and all sports in general at Hays High. Rath believes that multi-sport athletes helps out all of the programs.

Rath will also be the duties of head track coach.