Article: St. Joseph's coach McDevitt resigns Women's basketball boss held job 16 years; decision was 'difficult'

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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