coaching staff

BILLY J. HARDIN - HEAD COACH
Infielders & Offense 

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Coach Hardin graduated from Llano High School in Llano, Texas and attended Texas Tech University where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree.

This will be the 8th year at Cy-Fair for Coach Hardin and will be the 5th year as the Head Coach. He has 19 years of coaching experience while teaching World Geography, World & U.S. History, Government, & Economics (currently teaching U.S. History). Before coming to Cy-Fair, he was an assistant at Houston Memorial, Spring Woods, and Channelview and was the Head Coach at Post High School for two years (2008-2010).

From 2014-2017, he was the Varsity Assistant as the Bobcats reached the playoffs twice (2015, 2016) making it to the Regional Quarterfinals & Area Finals. In 2016, he guided the Bobcats pitching staff to help win the District Championship.

Coach Hardin's overall record as Head Coach is 117-58 and is 95-37 at Cy-Fair. In his first year as the Bobcat Head Coach in 2018, he led the team to a 17-6A District Championship and reached the Region III Finals with an overall record of 32-11. The 2018 team was only the 4th team in school history to reach the Region Finals. In 2019, the Bobcats finished 2nd in District and made it to the 3rd round of the playoffs and in 2021, the Bobcats were once again District Champions and made it to the 3rd round of the playoffs.

​During his time as a coach, he has worked with many athletes that have gone on to play baseball in college with a few making it to the professional level.

Coach Hardin has received several honors including twice being named 17-6A Coach of the Year in 2018 & 2021. In 2016, the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association named him the Texas 6A Assistant Coach of the Year. He was also selected as an HABCA All-Star Coach in 2008 and again in 2016.

Married for 22 years, he and his wife Kelly have two daughters - Landry (18), Logan (16) and one son - Barrett (11). 

​Follow him on Twitter: @643coach

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TORREY OGNOSKIE  - ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH
pitchers

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Coach "O" graduated from East Bernard High School. He received his Bachelors of Science degree in Kinesiology from Texas A&M University in 2009.

He has 11 years of coaching experience and he has taught U.S. History, Texas History, World History, and World Geography. His assistant coaching stops have been at Weimar High School and Porter High School.
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He has been a head coach for four years; three at Howe High School and one at Leon High School. During that time, three of his teams reached the playoffs and the 2014 team in Howe captured the school’s first district championship in baseball in 20 years.

He has been married to his wife, Haley, for 7 years and they have a three-year old son, Wyatt.

Follow him on Twitter: @tognoskie

RYAN BRADSHAW - head SUB-VARSITY / VARSITY ASSISTANT
outfielders

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Coach Bradshaw is a 2013 graduate of Cy-Fair High School where he was an All-District football and baseball player for the Bobcats.  He graduated from Sam Houston State University in 2017 with a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics.

This is his 4th year in coaching and he teaches Algebra 2 and ACT/SAT Prep.  Coach Bradshaw also coaches JV & Varsity Football.

BRADY MURPHY - aSSISTANT SUB-VARSITY / VARSITY SCOUT
catchers

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Coach Murphy is beginning his 7th year of coaching & teaching and his 1st year at Cy-Fair. His previous coaching stops include Willowridge and Lubbock Sharp Academy. ​Murphy went to high school at McKinney North and graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Math.

He is currently teaching Algebra 1 and also coaches Freshmen & Varsity Football.