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Cassidy out as Charlestown basketball coach

Print | Comments () Posted by Chris Estrada, Globe Correspondent May 6, 2008 09:28 PM

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After going 36-10 in two years of coaching the Charlestown basketball team, Steve Cassidy has resigned from the post.

In a phone interview this evening, he said that he felt he was no longer in an ‘optimal situation’ with the team.

‘I’ve thought about it for the last couple of weeks,’ he said. ‘...I had a great staff and great kids, but sometimes, it’s time to move on to what you might feel would be a better situation.

‘[The team and I] met today and I think they understood...We sat, we talked about it and everybody’s ready to go forward and they understand that I’ll miss working with them.’

Cassidy, who led the team to the Div. 1 North semifinals last season, said that he hasn’t found out who will replace him as coach of the Townies.

‘I’ve just been kind of spending a lot of time thinking about whether I wanted to continue coaching at Charlestown,’ he said. ‘I haven’t heard about any possible successor.’

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