Steve Desimone says he's the luckiest guy on the earth, having spent that last 37 years living a dream as the men's golf coach at California.
However, the time has come for him to step aside and let someone else take over the program he created, nearly from scratch.
The 67-year-old capped his career on Monday evening when Cal bowed out of the NCAA tournament at Eugene Country Club in Oregon. With his players and own kids looking on, Desimone walked off the green to applause.
Then he posed for one last photo with the team, the group linked by arms around each other's shoulders.