Two long-time York Suburban High School basketball coaches have resigned their positions.
Tom Triggs has stepped down as coach of the boys’ basketball team and Bob Rudisill has resigned as the coach of the girls’ team.
Tom Triggs (Class of ’79) was a star basketball player at York Suburban. He still holds the record for the most points in one game (41) and the most rebounds (428) in a season.
He became a U.S. Studies teacher at York Suburban in 1994 and was named the boys’ basketball coach in 1999, taking over for his former coach, Joe Hasenfuss, who most recently served as an assistant coach to Triggs.
Triggs’ teams were 218-120 over the past 13 years, including a District 3 AAA championship in 2009.
Looking back on his years as a coach, Triggs says, “The players I remember the most are not the ones who scored the most points, but those who put in the time to practice with the team. The ninth, tenth, eleventh player who made the team better.”
Bob Rudisill has been the girls coach for seven seasons.
He finishes his seven years with a 72-88 record, including an 8-13 record this past year. Prior to taking the girls’ coaching job at York Suburban, he was the coach of the Kennard-Dale boys’ program for 18 years.
Stepping up as the girls’ coach will be Jessica Kemp Barley (Class of ’02). She was an outstanding player during her years at York Suburban and York College.
Prior to accepting the new coaching position, she had been the coach of junior high team and an assistant to Rudisill.