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UMaine’s women’s basketball coach resigned a few days ago without no explanation released to the press. Coach Ann McInerney resigned Wednesday April 11 ending her two years at the helm of the University of Maine women’s basketball team. Status of here assistant coaches remains to be seen. In her two years at Maine, Coach McInerney had a 23-34 losing record. McInerney joined the UMaine coaching staff in May 200d after leaving Merrimack College (NCAA Division II).
To one of the current women’s team members, this resignation comes as a bit of a surprise. However, this player stated that she has not seen her coach since the team arrived home from their season-ending playoff loss. Hopefully McInerney was fulfilling some of her recruiting duties so that the program will have the benefit of some quality incoming talent.
My problem with this entire situation rests with the University which accepted her resignation as of May 12 and agreed to pay her 12 monthy installments of over $8,000 if she does not accept a job that will pay her at at her $100,000 per year level.
The University evidently wanted to replace her. Wait to see the news reports beginning tomorrow as her assistant coach Kathy Karlsson faces driving while intoxicated charges stemming from an incident last November. During that incident McInerney used a false name initially before being properly indentified by officers. There is more to this story which will hopefully be uncovered in the weeks to come.
On a better note, the UMaine baseball team finally got on a winning track sweeping four games this past weekend over the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). Hopefully this strong baseball team with a powerful hitting attack is finally coming to life. The team will now work its way back into a good playoff position. Hopefully they will get to play some of their scheduled home games at Mahaney Diamond.
