Chris O'Hearn has been a player, assistant coach and head coach for the Royals

Chris O'Hearn was a standout player for Mason County, served as an assistant coach, and after a brief stint as an administrator, became the Royals' ninth head coach in 2004. O'Hearn is 25th on the Royals' all-time scoring list with 979 career points. He led the Royals in scoring his junior and senior seasons. O'Hearn scored a career-high 32 points against Montgomery County in the first round of the 1985 10th Region Tournament. He scored 26 points in the Royals' win over Lexington Catholic in the first round of the 1985 state tournament. O'Hearn was named third team All-State by the Louisville Courier-Journal in 1985. He played at Georgetown College. O'Hearn was an assistant coach at Barren County and Washington County. He was the head coach at Nicholas County from 1993 to 1995 guiding the Bluejackets to the 10th Region All "A" Classic title in 1994. He was an asssistant coach at Mason County from 1996 to 2001. O'Hearn went into administration in 2002. He was serving as the principal at the Mason County Middle School when Kelly Wells stepped down as the Royals coach to become as assistant coach at Hawaii-Pacific University. O'Hearn was hired as the Royals' coach in September of 2004. O'Hearn guided Mason County to seven district titles, four region championships and the 2008 state championship. He record a 260-85 (.754%) record in 11 seasons at Mason County

(Updated to include the 2014-15 season)

(Photo of O'Hearn's poster in the lobby of The Fieldhouse)