Harmon still coaches the Oak Park freshmen boys team. I don't have to do summer league, no summer camp, no making sure my AAU team gets squared away, no coaches meetings or seedings meetings. I never had a principal come to me and tell me I had to do all these things. It just became a treadmill. It got to a point where I wondered if I couldn't step back if I wanted to.
Time is one aspect, but the greatest thing has been peace of mind.
This summer, I totally enjoyed time with my kids and taking a family vacation. Dan Anderson can relate. He coached 10 years at Liberty and spent six seasons as head football coach, leading his team to the Missouri Class 5A semifinals in 1997. In his last two years he coached the Blue Jays' football and track and field teams. He took over as assistant principal at Blue Springs South last fall and is out of coaching.