Whitman-Hanson girls basketball coach Jim Daley steps down

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 7:56 pm


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Longtime Whitman-Hanson girls basketball coach Jim Daley believes that his life stacks up with just about anyones.

Jimmy Stewart had a wonderful life, he said, but mine has been better.

A major component in Daleys wonderful life has been coaching at his alma mater, where he has patrolled the sidelines during girls basketball games since 1979.

But Daleys life is about to enter a new chapter as the longtime coach has retired.

Its just time, said Daley, 58. Im just getting tired. Not physically. Everythings great, it was just the right time to go. Its time for some new blood in there.

During his 33-year tenure as varsity coach, Daley won 510 games and captured 15 league titles. According to records at Whitman-Hanson, Daley won more games in a single sport than any other coach in school history.

That just means that Ive had good players, said Daley, a resident of Hanson. Ive been really blessed here. Ive had so many great kids throughout the years and still keep in touch with a lot of them. Thats what you remember.

After graduating from Whitman-Hanson in 1971, Daley began his coaching career in 1976 as the boys freshman basketball coach.

After one year as the boys coach at Whitman-Hanson, Daley was offered the chance to coach the girls freshman team.

I had just gotten engaged so I really wasnt sure if I wanted to take the job, explained Daley. But my wife told me that shed help me coach because she was a basketball player herself, so we both did it.

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