Coupeville Sports

“I’m gonna need a new diaper!!”

Two losses were apparently two too many.

With his team reeling from unprecedented back-to-back blowout losses to King’s (40-15) and Lakewood (49-0), Archbishop Thomas Murphy football coach and associate athletic director Bill Marsh has “resigned” his position after just four games.

Marsh had previously put together a very successful ten-year run as head coach at Eastside Catholic, winning 68 games.

He inherited the spot formerly held by Dave Ward, a state-title winner at Oak Harbor High School, who lost the ATM job after four years, 47 wins, back-to-back trips to the state final and one nasty round of back-room infighting among big bucks donors.

ATM opened its season with two strong wins, but the back-to-back blowouts marked the first time the Wildcats have suffered two Cascade Conference losses in the same season. The Lakewood loss was the first time ATM had been shut out since 2001.

Marsh will be replaced by assistant coach Mike Allison, but the staff  Marsh brought with him will remain in place.