Pat Todd has returned home to Lake County to coach high school basketball, leaving a long drive to work in his rear-view mirror to accept what some might think is a dead-end job.
Todd, who coached at Florida College in the Tampa area for the past six years, disagrees with that assessment. He was recently named head coach at Umatilla, which made just one boys basketball region playoff appearance, as an eight-win 2004 district runner-up, in the past 50 years.
“Umatilla is a really unique community with some great kids,” Todd said. “I’ve missed coaching at the high school level.