Coupeville Sports

David King imparts wisdom to Taya Boonstra last season. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

Amy King (in headgear) tries to stay warm enough to keep stats.

Who wants to be the next Coupeville High School softball coach?

With Jackie Calkins stepping down after two years (“My day is more demanding this year. Unfortunately, I don’t have time for coaching”) the job has been posted and now fervent speculation turns to whether David King will accept the call of duty.

King and wife Amy, who are currently reviving the girls’ basketball program, worked with Calkins. David King coached many of the road games last season, as Calkins juggled her softball duties with raising a very young daughter while her military husband was gone.

At a recent home basketball game, one of the refs, who also works as an umpire, told King, “I’ll see you in the spring!”

King just smiled quietly and softly shook his head.

“We’ll see how things work out,” he said. “I’m interested. We’re interested. We’ll see.”

With Wolf boys’ basketball coach Anthony Smith willing to take early practices this season, that has allowed the Kings to handle their basketball duties after working hours. Moving to the spring would mean earlier practice and game times and David King would need to juggle his work responsibilities if he were to run the softball program.

“I’ll have to talk to my boss at some point,” King said. “We’ll see.”