2021/01/29 08:45 Army women s basketball coach Dave Magarity will retire at the end of the season, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity on Thursday because no official announcement has been made. Magarity, who turned 71 this past Tuesday, has coached over 1,000 games in his 40-plus years in men’s and women’s basketball. Earlier this month, Magarity coached against his daughter, Maureen, who is the head coach of Holy Cross. She won both of the games they played. This was the first coaching matchup of a father and daughter in Division I history.
Army coach Magarity to retire at end of season
By DOUG FEINBERGJanuary 29, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this March 18, 2016, file photo, Army coach Dave Magarity watches from the bench during a first-round game against Syracuse in the NCAA women s college basketball tournament in Syracuse, N.Y. Magarity will retire at the end of the season, according to a person familiar with the decision. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, because no official announcement has been made. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
FILE - In this March 18, 2016, file photo, Army coach Dave Magarity watches from the bench during a first-round game against Syracuse in the NCAA women s college basketball tournament in Syracuse, N.Y. Magarity will retire at the end of the season, according to a person familiar with the decision. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, because no official announcement has been made.
NEW YORK (AP) Dave Magarity has coached over 1,000 games in his 40-plus years in men's and women's basketball. None have been like the two games he has this weekend when Army faces Holy.
Cecil and Marsha Bell enjoy sweet time together before he became ill with COVID-19. Submitted Photo
LAVALE â Cecil Bell was strong and full of energy. His regular activities ranged from extensive yard work to lifting 50-pound boxes of produce for the local food bank.
He spent much of his time volunteering to help others.
He and his wife, Marsha â a priest associate at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Cumberland â were childhood friends in Sweeny, Texas, and in 2015 reconnected at their 50-year high school reunion.
They married the following year and lived in LaVale.
âHospitality, friendliness, work for the needy,â is part of the way Marsha Bell describes her husband.