Vikings hire girls basketball coach

Amanda Richards has assisted Siuslaw volleyball and softball the past two years

Siuslaw Middle School teacher Amanda Richards has been named head coach of the high school girls basketball team.

“Richards is in her second year with Siuslaw Schools, currently teaching seventh-grade math and has two years of experience as the high school JV volleyball coach and varsity softball assistant coach,” Vikings athletic director Chris Johnson noted Friday in a press release.

“Previously, she spent six years coaching girls’ basketball at Eisenhower High School in Goddard, Kansas.

“A former high school and junior college basketball player from Tennessee, Richards is dedicated to building a strong program and fostering community support.”

Richards succeeds Aaron McNeill.