Saturday, February 13, 1999
Ryle picks Hockman as 2nd football coach
BY NEIL SCHMIDT
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Ryle High School on Friday hired Kyle Hockman, a former standout receiver at Loveland and Harrison high schools, to become the second football coach in school history.
He succeeds Dave Eckstein, who founded the program in 1992 and resigned in December after going 40-31 in seven seasons.
Hockman, who played at Loveland in the 1981-83 seasons and at Harrison in '84, graduated from the latter in 1985 and became a three-year starter in both football and baseball in Bowling Green.
He has been coaching for nine years, including collegiate assistant jobs at East Carolina and West Virginia and a one-year stint as head coach at Lima (Ohio) Perry High in 1993.
He has coached wide receivers and tight ends at Division II power Millersville (Pa.) University the past five years, adding the role of associate offensive coordinator last season. Millersville's offense averaged more than 400 yards per game in three of those five seasons.
Ryle whittled 42 applicants to three finalists, choosing Hockman over Ryle defensive coordinator Mark Bowman and Colerain defensive coordinator Bart Bruner.
“We would have been happy with any of the three,” Ryle Athletic Director Charles Holland said. “Kyle had been a head coach and had more experience, and that seemed to be the deciding factor.”
Hockman comes from a coaching family. His father, Ken, is coach of Louisville Waggener, which reached the 1998 Class AAA state title game. Younger brother Ryan, a University of Kentucky quarterback from 1990-92, is currently coaching in Germany.
Hockman could not be reached Friday for comment.
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