Patterson resigns as BHS boys cage coach

Decatur Daily Democrat:

Bellmont High School boys basketball coach Larry Patterson became the second major coach at the school to resign this week as he notified school officials and his players of that decision today.
Football coach Rick Burkhalter stepped down from his position earlier in the week.
Patterson had been at the helm of the Bellmont basketball program for the past four years and before that served as a junior varsity and freshman coach for the Braves for nearly 20 years under coaches Kevin Leising, Shaun Busick, and Flava Sirk.
"This is something I've certainly enjoyed doing. One of my lifelong dreams was to become a varsity coach and since I wasn't a teacher I never thought that would happen. I wouldn't change anything we've done in the past four years. Not to make excuses but we had some injuries the last couple of years and that hurt. Sure we would have liked to have had a better record but it's all about those young men. The hard work, respect they've had will carry on with them for the rest of the lives and I'm sure they'll all be successful at whatever they do," Patterson said.....