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End of an Era. A Coaching Legend to Retire.
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:28 pm
by transfer2BGSU
Re: End of an Era. A Coaching Legend to Retire.
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:03 pm
by Falcon Fanatic
She will be greatly missed!!! Congrats on an amazing career!!!
Re: End of an Era. A Coaching Legend to Retire.
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:49 pm
by MarkL
Wow ... I was shocked to read the writeup but I knew this would happen sometime soon. Thank you for EVERYTHING you have done for BGSU! Outstanding career worth celebrating!
Re: End of an Era. A Coaching Legend to Retire.
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:02 pm
by BGFalconfromCincy
A sad day indeed, but a amazing career, and still one more season to hopefully bring a fantastic end to her career. Thank you for everything coach
Re: End of an Era. A Coaching Legend to Retire.
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:14 am
by VDub26Falcon
Every interaction I had with Coach VanDeWalle was amazing. She was so nice to me when I first started with BG24. She gave me awesome interviews, took the time to learn my name as well as many of the sports staff and even gave me an interview after a very tough loss to Toledo one year. She even gave me a couple of helpful "tips" in my time as Sports Director of BG24. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING COACH!!!!!
Re: End of an Era. A Coaching Legend to Retire.
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:06 am
by Falconfreak90
One of the classiest coaches you will ever meet in any sport. Coach was kind enough to drop notes in the mail thanking me for Falcon Club donations and always answered emails about the team. Almost 30 years at the same school...virutally unheard of. It would be great to be at her last match this upcoming season and I will definitely mark the calendar for the road matches at Kent State and Akron.
Thank you Coach for everything you've done for BGSU...a true Falcon thru and thru. What a heck of a career!
Re: End of an Era. A Coaching Legend to Retire.
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:14 pm
by 1987alum
Coach & I started at the same time, really.
Volleyball was my first "real" beat for The BG News and my first season was her first season. I'm totally floored by this news and don't know how to react.
I hope the University gives her the outstanding exit she deserves.
She will be missed, on many levels.
Re: End of an Era. A Coaching Legend to Retire.
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:06 pm
by BGFalconfromCincy
Falconfreak90 wrote:One of the classiest coaches you will ever meet in any sport. Coach was kind enough to drop notes in the mail thanking me for Falcon Club donations and always answered emails about the team. Almost 30 years at the same school...virutally unheard of. It would be great to be at her last match this upcoming season and I will definitely mark the calendar for the road matches at Kent State and Akron.
Thank you Coach for everything you've done for BGSU...a true Falcon thru and thru. What a heck of a career!
I also got a note from her for my falcon club donation late last year, very nice thing of her to do, one of the many reasons while myself, along with all of us, will miss her.
You can also mark your calender now freak as the schedule was released today.
Saturday 9/24 at Kent
Saturday 11/5 at Akron
Saturday 11/12 vs Northern Illinois - final home match for coach
http://bgsufalcons.com/schedule.aspx?path=wvball
