After four years teaching and coaching at CHS, Brett Smedley is returning to work at his alma mater, Columbia River. (John Fisken photo)
Coupeville was rocked Thursday morning by news popular coaches Brett and Breanne Smedley were leaving and heading home to Vancouver.
The pair will teach and coach at Columbia River High School.
Breanne will take over as head coach for a volleyball program which finished second at state in 3A, while Brett will be the defensive coordinator for a Chieftains squad which won a league title in 2015.
Taking a moment out from his work in the classroom, Brett issued the following thank-you to the community.
As you have heard Breanne and I are taking teaching and coaching jobs at Columbia River High School in Vancouver, WA.
This was a very hard decision to make, but one we felt we couldn’t pass up.
It is also an opportunity for me to coach and teach at my alma mater and give back to the community that helped to raise me.
The Coupeville community has been amazing at welcoming Breanne and I into the community and making us feel as though we were part of the family.
For this I can not thank Coupeville enough.
I would also like to thank the students, staff, and athletes at Coupeville that I have had a chance to work with.
It has been a lot of fun and a great learning experience for me.
They have been extremely influential in my development as a teacher/coach/person. For that I am extremely thankful.
Lastly, I would like to thank Ron Bagby and Willie Smith for an amazing four years.
They have been huge mentors in my life and Breanne and I are extremely thankful for all they have done for us, and the friendships that have been created.
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