During my time as a sports writer, I got to cover the West Virginia Conference basketball tournament seven times. And in those years, our local team Concord College won three championships and played in the final another year.
The head coach for most of that time - Steve Cox - announced his retirement Wednesday after 22 years at the helm.
His second year - 1991 - the school won the conference tournament and bid to the NAIA national tournament in Kansas City. I got to tag along, as they won once before losing to the eventual national champion.
Riding halfway across the country with college basketball players and cheerleaders can be quite an experience. We got to tour the Kansas City Chiefs' stadium, and the players and cheerleaders did the electric slide on the turf at Arrowhead.
The school has moved on from NAIA and now coach Cox moves on. But leaves great memories behind.
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