As he retires after 17 years of coaching UNB Reds women's basketball team, Jeff Speedy won't miss the recruiting trips, bus trips and getting home at 4 a.m.
But he will miss everything else about being a coach. "I could still do it if I just had to roll into the gym every day and talk to the players and figure out some basketball strategy," he told Information Morning Fredericton.
But after 33 years of coaching, he's tired. He said he has two or three more years left in him, but the perfect opportunity came knocking.
He will continue to serve as the university's associate director of athletics. "I had to say yes," he said. Speedy's last regular season game as head coach is on Saturday.
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