Pikeville College - Athletics - Women’s Bowling

Women’s Bowling Coaching Staff

Ron Damron

Head Coach

606.218.5230
rdamron@pc.edu

Ron Damron is presently Vice President of Student Services at Pikeville College and in that capacity acts as Dean of Students. He also served as the schools director of Athletics for 12 years. He has been the coach of the Women’s Bowling program since its beginning in 2001. Prior to that Damron was Vice President of The Citizens Bank of Pikeville and a teacher in the Pike County School System.

The Women’s Bowling program has gained much national attention. They were the 2004 and 2008 USBC National team champions and had a national 3rd place finish in 2005. Damron was named national coach of the year in 2004.

After attending one year at Pikeville College, Damron received a B.S. degree in Education from Eastern Kentucky University, and received a master’s degree in counseling from Morehead State in 1977. Ron and his wife, Shella, have one daughter, LaDeanna.

Kayla Bandy

Assistant Coach

606.218.5702
kbandy@pc.edu

Kayla Bandy, two-time Junior Team USA member, was a member of the Pikeville College Women’s Bowling team from 2005-2008. Throughout her college bowling career she was a four time collegiate All-American, Rookie of the Year in 2005, and named the collegiate Player of the Year by the Coaches Association and Bowling Writers’ Association both in 2007 and 2008. The biggest accomplishment of Kayla’s collegiate bowling career came in 2008 as she and her teammates brought home Pikeville College’s second national championship.

Kayla graduated from Pikeville College in 2008 with a B.S. in Psychology. Kayla now works with the Upward Bound program at Pikeville College as a Guidance Coordinator and is the Assistant Coach of the women’s bowling team. She will complete her Masters in Sports Management through Morehead State University in the coming year.

Kayla is the child of Pamela and David Bandy of Danville, Va.

Greg Coulles

Consulting Coach

937.602.1475

Greg Coulles is a consulting coach for the women’s bowling program at Pikeville College.

A graduate of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education, Greg attended graduate school as a graduate assistant in Telecommunications at the same university.

Greg is a certified USBC coach and serves as the Executive Director of the Ohio High School Bowling Coaches Association. He is also the head varsity coach of the Centerville (Ohio) high school girls’ bowling team. He has elevated his team to the Ohio State Championships for six of the past seven years, winning the state team championship in 2002 and 2008. The success of his team resulted in Coach of the Year honors in 2006-2007 and again in 2007-2008.

Greg and his wife, Linda, have a son, Christopher, and a daughter, Lindsey, who is a two-time past member of Junior Team USA and a four-time collegiate All-American.