Final timeout: Gary Sims ends basketball coaching career at Edgewood
He means it this time.
Gary Sims, who stepped down after the 2017-18 season and returned in 2019-20 as Edgewood girls basketball coach, is calling it quits for good. Sims announced his retirement to the team on March 13.
Sims, 64, stopped teaching in 2022 and felt throughout the last half of the season this would be it. The reasons were entirely internal.
"We've got everybody coming back, they're going to be really good," Sims said. "When somebody found out I was resigning, they asked if there were issues with the kids. No, this is a really great group in the locker room. 'Is it the parents?' No, we had outstanding parents. 'Any issues with the administration? 'No, they were supportive.
"I was just ready. It was just time. I went six years, which is longer than I thought it would be."
In his first 11 years seasons, Sims went 164-108 then followed up with an 84-59 run over the final six for a total of 248 wins. The second run started with the COVID restrictions and included a rare win over Bloomington South in 2021, Edgwood's first since 1999.
"I was feeling it during the season," Sims said. "I felt like when Madi (Bland) got hurt, it hit me pretty hard. It shouldn't have. I've had injuries before. But seeing her go down and the way it affected the team and we couldn't get out of that ... It was not a last minute decision."
Sims said there's no changing his mind this time.
"The last time, I was just wore out," Sims said. "I was just done coaching but I was still teaching. When I got back in it, I knew my teaching career was about over. We have a tremendous group of kids, but I will not miss scouting and games.
"I'll miss being in the locker room with the kids talking or during the summer, hanging out at team camps. The other stuff, practice and game prep, no."
Sims said he's excited to see where next year's seniors end up. The Mustangs were out to a roaring start before Bland went down. The seventh-graders lost just once.
"When they were freshmen, we only won four games, but I really enjoyed it," Sims said. "That's how much fun that junior class is. I can't wait to just be a fan and watch them play."
This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: Gary Sims ends basketball coaching career at Edgewood
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