During the April and May meetings of the Gasconade County R-2 Board of Education, there was a lot of moving and shaking going on among coaching hirings and resignations.

Going back to the reorganization and regular meetings on April 15, there were several coaching-related resignations in addition to a pair of coaching hires.

Kris Bollmann had his resignation accepted from assistant wrestling and track coaching roles at the end of the 2023-24 school year so that he could relocate to Marceline with his brother Zach Bollmann.

Megan Pondrom also had her resignation approved from assistant coaching roles in cross country, track and wrestling in addition to being OES’ physical education (PE) teacher.

Zach Bollmann’s resignation from middle school offensive football coach, high school assistant football coach, head girls wrestling coach and head girls soccer coach were also approved allowing him to be able to relocate to Marceline closer to where he’s originally from.

Tyler Ahring will return to the cross country hills next fall as he was hired as an assistant cross country coach to work with the middle school teams.

Cody McKinney, son of former long time Sullivan Eagle head boys basketball Dino McKinney, was hired to coach the freshman boys and seventh-grade girls basketball teams.

Two weeks later on Monday, April 29 at a special board budget workshop, more coaching-related moves were made.

McKinney’s resignation was accepted and he was recently hired as the head boys basketball coach at St. Clair High School.

Hired April 15 as the OES PE teacher, Kayla (Charboneau) Huebner was hired April 29 as the seventh-grade girls basketball coach and an assistant track coach.

Huebner was a member of the 2016 Owensville Dutchgirl basketball team that reached the Show-Me Showdown is also part of the school-record Dutchgirl 4x800-meter relay team.

In addition to working as a district groundskeeper, former OHS wrestler Brandon Howard was hired to replace Zach Bollmann as the head Dutchgirl wrestling coach.

In closed session from the most recent R-2 School Board meeting on May 20, Tinya McClure resigned as the eighth-grade girls basketball coach while Zachary Teems was also released from his teaching and assistant softball coaching roles.

John VanLeer will have a chance at back-to-back final four appearances as he was approved to be the Dutchgirl head basketball coach for the 2024-25 season.

Chris and Dean Pohlmann were both approved to become OMS football coaches on offense and defense respectively. Another former OHS wrestler will join the coaching staff with Danny Branson hired as an assistant wrestling coach. Recently playing two years of college volleyball at East Central College (ECC), Emily McKinney will be in orange and black again as an assistant volleyball coach and seventh-grade volleyball coach. Kim McGee was hired to take Zach Bollmann’s place as Dutchgirl head soccer coach. Currently serving as assistant football coaches, both Jarret Payne and Steven Kemp were hired to become OMS PE teachers.

All hirings and resignations were approved by 7-0 votes.