When the boy’s basketball season begins, Cloverdale will have a new coach.
Karl Turk confirmed to The Putnam County Post and GIANT fm WREB that he resigned Monday morning.
“I will miss the camaraderie of being part of a team, the magic of Friday nights, and the task of trying to come up with winning X's and O's,” Turk said.
Turk will stay at Cloverdale as a Spanish teacher and JAG teacher.
“I completed all courses in the PhD program this Spring semester. This summer calls for comprehensive exams and then the dissertation follows. I want to lock in on that, I felt many times last year I sacrificed doctoral study for teaching/coaching. I want to see this doctorate through,” he said.
While he won’t coach this winter, Turk admits he wants to coach again.
“Yes, I certainly intend to be back in coaching, I am not retiring from the profession and hope this isn't a de facto retirement. The last 14 years, as this has evolved to a year round commitment, day in and day out, summer, fall, spring, winter, I've been pleasantly engrossed with trying to find a way to help a player improve, win a game, make a difference in someone on the team's life. It's surreal that I'm not nominally in that position any longer,” Turk said.
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