After a trying but promising season at Atlantic High, Chris Bean has retired from coaching.
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Bean informed The Post of his decision the morning after Atlantic?s 13-7 loss to Lauderdale Lakes-Boyd Anderson in the Class 7A regional quarterfinals, but he said the move was in the works. Bean gave his resignation to Atlantic principal Anthony Lockhart after his team?s Oct. 5 win over West Boca Raton.
Bean, 45, played defensive back at Bethune-Cookman following his 1986 graduation from Atlantic. He spent time as head coach from 2003-05 and returned in 2010, following the arrest of then-head coach Andre Thaddies, who was later cleared of charges.
After this season, in which Bean led the perpetually talented, often-disappointing Eagles (8-2) to a surprise District 13-7A title, the Delray Beach native said ?it?s time for me to move on.?
?When I got in, it wasn?t for sure how long I was going to stay,? he said. ?I was basically doing a favor for the principal, coming in and getting the program back on track. That was my focal point.?
Bean, who said he accepted a job as the Director of Athletics at Pompey Park in Delray Beach, went 21-11 over the last three seasons, which have been rocky at times. He went 20-10 as Atlantic?s head coach from 2003-05, making the playoffs in each year. He said he?s done coaching high school football.
His final Eagles team started 2-2 with losses to American Heritage and Santaluces, then reeled off six straight wins and the program?s first district title since 2008 before the first-round exit.
?You had some ups and some downs, but you hope some young men listened to the message that was given by the coaching staff that was trying to make them better people,? Bean said. ?For the most part, that was done.?
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Source: http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/highschoolbuzz/2012/11/17/atlantic-football-coach-chris-bean-resigns/
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