UW-Green Bay hires Will Ryan, son of ex-Badgers coach Bo Ryan
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay is turning its basketball program overtoWillRyan, the son of former Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan.
Athletic director Charles Guthrie announced Sunday that the school and Ryan have agreed to a deal in principle, though final contract details are still being worked out.
“Hiring leaders is about getting the right fit at the right time, and I have no doubt that Coach Ryan is exactly the right person to lead our program today and into the future,” Guthrie said in a statement.
The 41-year-old Ryan comes to Green Bay after posting a 14-13 record in his lone season as the head coach at Division II pro- gram Wheeling in West
Virginia. He previously worked as an assistant at Ohio (2014-19) and North Dakota State (2007-14).
He worked on his father’s Wisconsin staff from 2002-07, where he served as a director of basketball operations and video coordinator. Bo Ryan was Wisconsin’s coach from 2001-15 after previously coaching at Wisconsin-Platteville and Milwaukee.
Will Ryan replaces Linc Darner, who went 92-80 and posted a winning record in all but one of his five seasons at Green Bay. After the Phoenix went 17- 16 this season, Green Bay officials announced last month that the university and coach had “decided to part ways.”