Boys basketball: Lightning boys hoops coach resigns

Gordon McNeill, who guided the Sage Hill High boys basketball team

to an 8-10 record in its first varsity season, has resigned as coach.

The former Corona del Mar High assistant coach, who is also Dean of

Students at the Newport Coast private school, is moving to the San

Fernando Valley, where his wife has been placed in a residency program.

Sage Hill High Athletic Director Nate Miller said McNeill decided the

90-minute commute would be too difficult, especially since the couple is

expecting its first child this summer.

The Lightning finished tied for third in the Academy League, then lost

a third-place playoff game to Brethren Christian and did not make the CIF

Southern Section playoffs.

Miller said the school will begin looking for a new coach immediately.

Interested applicants may contact Miller at school: (949) 219-1365.

“We’re real sorry to lose him,” Miller said. “He was a big part of our

athletic program as basketball coach and of our school as dean of

students.”