Coupeville High School baseball coach Marc Aparicio resigned effective Thursday. (John Fisken photo)
Coaching changes continue at Coupeville High School.
Wolf varsity baseball coach Marc Aparicio has resigned his post, effective immediately, after accepting a new Department of Defense job.
The position requires travel and enough time away from home, especially during baseball season, that it presented substantial scheduling problems.
Aparicio, who also runs the Penn Cove Taproom with brother Mitch, said he greatly enjoyed his time as a coach, but needed to make the decision that was best for his family.
Baseball joins boys basketball, cheer and girls soccer as the fourth CHS program to have a coaching change this school year.
JV coach Chris Smith has been promoted to head coach and will debut in the post Friday against Port Townsend.
He’ll be aided by longtime Wolf assistant coach Mike Etzell, as well as volunteers Aaron Lucero, Josh Welshans and Steve Hilborn.
Aparicio finished 14-15 in a little under a season-and-a-half of helming his alma mater’s hardball program.
The Wolves went 10-12 last season, going 7-2 in Olympic League play to capture the program’s first league title in 25 years.
CHS is 4-3 overall, 0-1 in league play, this year.
Coupeville High School issued the following press release:
Effective on Thursday, Mar. 30th, Marc Aparicio will be stepping down as Head Baseball Coach due to job re-location.
It is difficult being a head coach and not employed by the school district and as Marc’s job situation became such that it would require him to miss time with the baseball program, he made the difficult decision to resign and have his assistants continue coaching, making the transition as seamless and least impactful as possible.
I completely understand and support Marc in his decision as he needs to take care of himself and his family and fully appreciate the difficulty in the decision he had to make.
I’d like to thank Marc and appreciate his time and effort that he made while Head Coach here in Coupeville and wish him nothing but the best.
Willie Smith
Athletic Director
Coupeville Sports 
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