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Intensity, focus led Coffey's Wildcats to state title

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One could say that Daren Coffey is never not coaching. When Calhoun City is playing basketball, Coffey is in constant motion, shouting instructions almost non-stop. Earlier this season, a media member watching the Wildcats for the first time asked someone, “Is he going to do that the whole game?

” The reply: “Yep. ” The old axiom is that you play like you practice. Well, the same could be said ...

One could say that Daren Coffey is never not coaching. When Calhoun City is playing basketball, Coffey is in constant motion, shouting instructions almost non-stop. Earlier this season, a media member watching the Wildcats for the first time asked someone, “Is he going to do that the whole game?

” The reply: “Yep. ” The old axiom is that you play like you practice. Well, the same could be said of Coffey.

How he coaches in games is exactly how he coaches in practice – with unrelenting intensity and focus. “It’s just a habit of practice,” he said. “That’s what they’re used to, it’s kind of what we do.