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Metcalfe County’s Peter DiStefano cheers on his team in this Feb. 19, 2005, file photo. DiStefano returns as the Lady Hornets’ coach after a one-year absence.
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Published June 20, 2008 05:36 pm - Peter DiStefano is back as the Metcalfe County girls basketball coach.

Back in the saddle again
DiStefano returns to coach Metcalfe girls after one-year absence

By JOHN VERSER
Glasgow Daily Times

GLASGOW

Peter DiStefano is back as the Metcalfe County girls basketball coach.

DiStefano, an assistant principal at MCHS, returns to the bench after a one-year absence while serving as the school’s athletic director. He had coached the Lady Hornets for three seasons prior to becoming the AD.

“I’ve always kind of wanted to come back,” DiStefano said. “When I gave it up, it was for the assistant principal purpose, I was taking classes and had a lot on my plate. Without taking classes and things like that, the board and the superintendent were really gracious in allowing me to coach as an administrator.

“I want to really thank them for allowing me to do something that I’ve done for 20 years. You can take the coach out of the game, but you can’t take the game out of the coach.”

DiStefano replaces Kevin Wheeler, who coached the Lady Hornets during the 2007-08 school year. Wheeler, who lives in Marion County, left the job due to the distance between his home and Edmonton.

When Wheeler departed and the job became available, DiStefano was definitely interested in returning. The only question was if he could coach as a school administrator. Once that was settled, the return to the bench was inevitable.

“If they were going to allow me to do that (coach and be an administrator), I wanted to do it,” DiStefano said. “Ms. (Patricia) Hurt was gracious enough to allow me to do that and I jumped right on it.”

DiStefano coached the Lady Hornets’ from 2004-07 and compiled a 37-46 record along the way. Metcalfe’s record improved each of those three years, from 6-19 in his inaugural campaign to 17-13 in his last year on the bench. The Lady Hornets also qualified for the Fourth Region Tournament in the 2006-07 season.

“I missed it, to tell you the truth, and I told everybody that I missed it,” DiStefano said. “I just liked the interaction with the kids, I liked being at practice every day, I like strategy. It was kind of hard to sit there and watch somebody else coach your kids. Those kids, even though they were Coach Wheeler’s, I had them since they were freshmen. Those kids were my kids.”

And it wasn’t easy for the New York native to stay away from the game.

“I stayed away. I didn’t get too involved,” DiStefano said. “Being athletic director, you can easily get involved in girls basketball, or any sport, and I purposely tended to stay away.

“I watched the games as an administrator, but I purposely stayed away from a lot of practices and stuff, because I didn’t think it was fair to the new coach and it certainly wasn’t fair to the kids. It was tough.”

DiStefano has been back on the job for about two weeks and is already rolling. The Lady Hornets have had three practices and been to camp already this summer.

“I haven’t been able to do the things I want to do. That’s going to happen in October,” DiStefano said. “We’re fulfilling some obligations. We’ve had kids in and out. They’ve gone on vacation, camps and stuff like that.”

The Lady Hornets have 17 out for the team thus far.



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