Stepping away: West Anchorage football coach Tim Davis is putting a pause on his passion to focus on what matters most

Dec. 14—As he stood in the middle of the Arizona desert last spring, Tim Davis had a moment to himself.

Davis, the West High football coach, was waiting for a bus to a bachelor party for Conor Feckley, one of his former players. In a career that spanned 16 years, Davis had made a major impact — mentoring dozens of young student-athletes like Feckley and becoming the winningest coach in Cook Inlet Conference history.

But the commitment required to make that impact had taken a personal toll and had Davis contemplating the future and reevaluating his priorities.

“I got dropped off in this weird bus station in the middle of nowhere and a little tumbleweed rolled by and I don’t know, maybe because I’m like artistic and weird like that, but it kind of came to my brain that ‘Dude at the rate that I don’t see my family for three-plus months out of the years, this is all that is going to be left. A tumbleweed rolling through.’ “

Later that month, he decided the 2024 season would be his last — for the time being. He would step down to focus on the team that matters most, the home team that consists of his wife Malia and their two children, daughter Rowan and son Arlo.

“I missed half of Arlo’s T-ball games, I missed a ton of his Pop Warner stuff, I missed a bunch of (Rowan)’s ballet stuff,” Davis said. “At the end of the day, I have an incredible passion for this game, but the passion of this game can’t get in the way of the most important realities we have as men.”

After nearly two decades on the job, he realized it was time to “reflect and retool my thoughts on priorities and how I spend my time and how I give my time.”

“Right now my time needs to be with three Eagles, not a whole flock,” Davis said.

The 41-year-old teacher never viewed coaching as a job even though he put in far more hours over the years in weight rooms,…

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Author : Anchorage Daily News, Alaska

Publish date : 2024-12-14 23:03:00

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