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Article: St. Joseph's coach McDevitt resigns Women's basketball boss held job 16 years; decision was 'difficult'
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- May 14, 2003
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Hopefully, the folks at Saint Joseph's College haven't disbanded
their coaching search committee yet.
Only four days after hiring Andy Bedard to replace 23-year head
men's basketball coach Rick Simonds, Saint Joseph's must begin a
search to replace 16-year women's hoop coach Mike McDevitt, who
announced his resignation on Tuesday.
McDevitt, a 1983 graduate of Saint Joseph's, won 73.6 percent of
his games while compiling a 326-117 record with the Monks. He cited a
need to be closer to his family as the main reason for his
resignation.
"It was a very difficult decision to leave behind a program I care
so much about," McDevitt said. "I've had a lot of great moments, but
there have been some ...
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