Tigers Girls Hoops Coaches Adams and Flooks Resign
By Albert Coqueran
After 11 seasons at the helm of the White Plains High School Girls varsity basketball team, Coach Sue Adams and Assistant Coach Debbie Flooks announced that they are resigning to spend more time with their families.
“We just came to the decision that when you put in this much time in something, something else has to sacrifice. I feel in a lot of ways my family has sacrificed,” Adams told The White Plains Examiner.
Adams and Flooks have coached the Tigers side by side together for the entire 11 seasons and made their decisions to resign in unison. “I do not think that I could coach with anyone else but Coach Adams,” declared Flooks, whose daughter, Liz, was a first-year assistant coach for the Tigers this year. “When coach said to me that it was time for her, I said it was time for me. There is a new chapter in my book that I will be seeking with new adventures.”
Adams and Flooks made their announcements after the Tigers 2011-12 Winter Sports Awards ceremony at White Plains High School on Thursday, March 22.
Subsequent to the Winter Awards ceremony each team with coaches and parents assembled in private Breakout Rooms to present individual team awards, extend courtesies and honor seniors.
At the conclusion of the celebration, Adams and Flooks addressed the team and announced that they would not be back next year. One parent gasped aloud and facial expressions in the room changed from celebratory to shock and dismay.
“It was kind of in the back of our minds this year. We really worked hard this year thinking this could be our last season for a while and that really motivated us,” revealed Adams.
Adams’ younger son, Kyle, will be a senior at White Plains High School next year and plays on the varsity basketball team.
During Adams’ and Flooks’ 11-year reign at White Plains High School, their teams won the Section 1 AA Championship four straight years from 2004-2008.
“We have worked with great children. We have had some challenging players and unbelievable student/athletes but we feel every student/athlete that we turned out from this program has become a quality person and to me that has been the beauty of this whole program,” concluded Adams.
Adam has worked in the local news industry for the past two decades in Westchester County and the broader Hudson Valley. Read more from Adam’s author bio here.