Record Staff Writer
Updated at 6:23 PM
Dear 42-year-old Dame,
May I call you Dame?
On second thought, I’d better refer to you as Coach Stoudamire. Even though I feel closer to you after reading your deeply touching “Letter to My Younger Self,” I haven’t earned the right to call you anything other than Coach Stoudamire.
We met for the first time and spoke for about 10 minutes Wednesday when you were named the head men’s basketball coach at University of the Pacific. I’m the sports editor for the area’s newspaper, The Record, and I want to welcome you to Stockton.