Amid wave of coaching resignations, we asked others what it’s like to coach right now

A shocking wave of early-season coaching resignations has hit Maine high school basketball. And other coaches say they’ve never seen anything quite like this — both in terms of the volume of departures, and the changing atmosphere that is driving some to leave. Three boys basketball coaches have resigned in the past two weeks, with the season hardly underway before coaches at Brewer High School, John Bapst in Bangor and Oceanside in Rockland decided to walk away. In two of those cases, the departing coaches cited issues with parents as part of their decision. The Bangor Daily News spoke with four other Maine high school boys basketball coaches not involved in those specific programs, who...