This story brought tears to my eyes
February 2nd, 2012 by cstarkI never met Pat Fitterer, currently the boys basketball coach at Ellensburgh High, but I feel like I know him.
Fitterer used to be the head coach at Highland, where former Sun sportswriter Roger Underwood attended high school. Don’t know if I’ve met a better storyteller than Roger, who told a lot of stories about Fitterer over the years.
Now he’s written a piece about the coach he admires so much, and it’s one of the best stories I’ve read in a long time.
It details how Pat Fitterer is dealing with coaching — this is his 35th year — without his wife, Kathy, who died last June.
It’s inspiring to read about how his team and his family have rallied behind him.
If you’re a coach, and you’re happily married, you gotta read this story.
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February 3rd, 2012 at 6:36 am
its nice to no some people have a kind heart in this messed up worled