May 16, 2023 at 7:12 p.m.
McIntire hired to lead JC girls
McIntire hired to lead JC girls
By Andrew Balko-
A 30-year coaching career as an assistant has finally led Sherri McIntire to become a head coach.
Jay School Board on Monday approved McIntire to be the new Jay County High School girls basketball coach.
She will take over for Kirk Comer, who announced his retirement in late April as his work responsibilities became too much for him to continue coaching the Patriots.
“I’m super excited for this opportunity and have so many people to thank for giving me this opportunity,” McIntire said. “I’m excited to finally be in charge of the program and keep things rolling. Obviously we’ve had a successful program and we want to continue with that success. That’s my goal.”
McIntire is a 1985 Jay County High School graduate and was part of the 1985 girls basketball sectional championship teams. She has also been involved in coaching basketball at Jay Schools for 30 years, spending 13 years as an assistant under Comer.
With Comer missing time to fill work responsibilities, McIntire had the opportunity to coach two games last season as well as help lead practice on multiple occasions. She will use those experiences to help guide her in her first year as coach.
“Nothing really prepares you other than just getting out there and doing it in terms of being the head coach,” McIntire said. “I’ve led a lot of the daily things too like practices and schedules.
“So all of those things I feel like I’ve had experience doing, so I know as the season begins I’ll be able to draw from those experiences.”
Comer, who ranked ninth among active girls coaches for career wins with 408 at the time of his retirement, went 221-80 in his two stints with the Patriots. He coached from 2005 through ’09, leading JCHS to the 2006 sectional championship and an undefeated regular season in his final year at the helm. He returned to Jay County in 2016 and once again found success, leading the Patriots to a 62-10 record over the past three seasons including a 22-2 mark in 2022-23.
“I’m looking forward to the challenge and I’m excited for the season,” McIntire said. “This group of girls has great team chemistry. That’ll be a great thing to be able to start my first year as a head coach is being able to know that we’ve got good team chemistry and some experience coming back.
“I’m excited for the opportunity.”
Athletics director Steve Boozier moved quickly to suggest McIntire for the job, pointing out that she was an assistant during both of Comer’s stints as head coach as well as serving as a de facto head coach when Comer was unavailable. His communication with McIntire while an assistant left him with few questions about how she would operate as a head coach.
“The most important thing is continuity,” Boozier said. “I think that when you are in a situation like that, and it’s unique, when we are as successful as we are. We only lost two games last year to one team, you don’t take a chance and say, ‘Well, let’s see if this works.’ You’ve got somebody in place. …
“We are very happy to turn the program over to her.”
Jay School Board on Monday approved McIntire to be the new Jay County High School girls basketball coach.
She will take over for Kirk Comer, who announced his retirement in late April as his work responsibilities became too much for him to continue coaching the Patriots.
“I’m super excited for this opportunity and have so many people to thank for giving me this opportunity,” McIntire said. “I’m excited to finally be in charge of the program and keep things rolling. Obviously we’ve had a successful program and we want to continue with that success. That’s my goal.”
McIntire is a 1985 Jay County High School graduate and was part of the 1985 girls basketball sectional championship teams. She has also been involved in coaching basketball at Jay Schools for 30 years, spending 13 years as an assistant under Comer.
With Comer missing time to fill work responsibilities, McIntire had the opportunity to coach two games last season as well as help lead practice on multiple occasions. She will use those experiences to help guide her in her first year as coach.
“Nothing really prepares you other than just getting out there and doing it in terms of being the head coach,” McIntire said. “I’ve led a lot of the daily things too like practices and schedules.
“So all of those things I feel like I’ve had experience doing, so I know as the season begins I’ll be able to draw from those experiences.”
Comer, who ranked ninth among active girls coaches for career wins with 408 at the time of his retirement, went 221-80 in his two stints with the Patriots. He coached from 2005 through ’09, leading JCHS to the 2006 sectional championship and an undefeated regular season in his final year at the helm. He returned to Jay County in 2016 and once again found success, leading the Patriots to a 62-10 record over the past three seasons including a 22-2 mark in 2022-23.
“I’m looking forward to the challenge and I’m excited for the season,” McIntire said. “This group of girls has great team chemistry. That’ll be a great thing to be able to start my first year as a head coach is being able to know that we’ve got good team chemistry and some experience coming back.
“I’m excited for the opportunity.”
Athletics director Steve Boozier moved quickly to suggest McIntire for the job, pointing out that she was an assistant during both of Comer’s stints as head coach as well as serving as a de facto head coach when Comer was unavailable. His communication with McIntire while an assistant left him with few questions about how she would operate as a head coach.
“The most important thing is continuity,” Boozier said. “I think that when you are in a situation like that, and it’s unique, when we are as successful as we are. We only lost two games last year to one team, you don’t take a chance and say, ‘Well, let’s see if this works.’ You’ve got somebody in place. …
“We are very happy to turn the program over to her.”
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