WHITEWRIGHT Tim Hanson likes to change the fortunes of basketball teams.

His resume shows it, having done so at numerous Texas high schools during 12 years as a girls head coach.

However, after 24 total seasons, Hanson, 56, is leaving the often-nomadic life of coaching for now keeping a promise to someone he loves.

When we moved here, I told my wife that I would retire from Whitewright after I got the girls program turned around. I told her it might take 3-5 years to do it, said Hanson, whose wife, Lin, 46, handles benefits for Sherman ISD as a secretary in the human resources department.

Well, as soon as she knew we had made the playoffs, she called me on it. She said she knew it wouldnt take that long, he said. So now I will follow her if she decides to take a job in another area of Texas or wherever she wants to go. She has been great to support me in my job and for the headaches that sometimes come with it. She is the best.

Hansons most-recent restoration project came at Whitewright, coaching the team in February to an area advance before losing to Brock which was en route to its fourth-straight Class 2A state title and sixth during this millennium.

In the bi-district round, Whitewright edged Leonard, 41-40 marking the programs first playoff win in girls basketball since 2004.

The advance also equated the first girls playoff appearance in six years for Whitewright, which finished 8-21 during his inaugural season.

Hanson began his head coaching career by having Dallardsville Big Sandy constantly in the playoffs, including a regional finalist advance, as well as a few trips to the area round.

After having losing years for a decade, Hanson posted all winning seasons at Big Sandy, highlighted by records of 26-6, 23-7 and 22-8.

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