After seven seasons which included a 2018-19 state championship, Tavores Vanhook has resigned as The Burlington School girls’ basketball coach.
With his goal of coaching his two senior players through their high school careers complete, Vanhook said he wants to be able to watch his children play basketball.
“I’ve coached Molina (Williams) and my daughter (Aniyah Vanhook) for six years. That first year when we went winless, my goal was to kind of see them through their senior year, especially my daughter,” Vanhook said. “You’ve got to make sacrifices, going out of town, our practices are late evening, I want to see my daughter through and my son, who is in the sixth grade, I want to be able to, at least for a couple years, see him play. I might get back into coaching. I need a good year off just to decompress from all the years and the wear. Depending on where my daughter goes to school, I want to be able to see her play.”
Vanhook compiled a 126-56 record at The Burlington School. Twenty-two of those losses came in Vanhook’s first season when the Spartans went 0-22. The following season, the Spartans made it to the state semifinals. Five seasons after the first, the Spartans won the state championship with a 25-1 record.
The Spartans triumphed against Victory Christian in the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association Class 1-A state championship game to claim the school’s first state title in girls’ athletics last February.
The Burlington School returned this season to the state championship game, losing to Victory Christian 45-42 on a 3-pointer in the closing seconds last month.
“We got better, I think, as the years went on. Not just our record, but overall,” Tavores Vanhook said.
With his goal of coaching his two senior players through their high school careers complete, Vanhook said he wants to be able to watch his children play basketball.
“I’ve coached Molina (Williams) and my daughter (Aniyah Vanhook) for six years. That first year when we went winless, my goal was to kind of see them through their senior year, especially my daughter,” Vanhook said. “You’ve got to make sacrifices, going out of town, our practices are late evening, I want to see my daughter through and my son, who is in the sixth grade, I want to be able to, at least for a couple years, see him play. I might get back into coaching. I need a good year off just to decompress from all the years and the wear. Depending on where my daughter goes to school, I want to be able to see her play.”
Vanhook compiled a 126-56 record at The Burlington School. Twenty-two of those losses came in Vanhook’s first season when the Spartans went 0-22. The following season, the Spartans made it to the state semifinals. Five seasons after the first, the Spartans won the state championship with a 25-1 record.
The Spartans triumphed against Victory Christian in the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association Class 1-A state championship game to claim the school’s first state title in girls’ athletics last February.
The Burlington School returned this season to the state championship game, losing to Victory Christian 45-42 on a 3-pointer in the closing seconds last month.
“We got better, I think, as the years went on. Not just our record, but overall,” Tavores Vanhook said.
