costa mesa coaching retraction

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SoCalHoops High School News

Costa Mesa HS Coach's Position:
A Correction & Apology--(Mar. 28, 2000)

One of the Daily Articles we posted yesterday concerned openings for coaching positions. One such listing we posted concerned Costa Mesa High School looking for a new boys varsity coach. Evidently that listing, which we got from the LA Times Orange County Edition, was incorrect. There is no open coaching position for a boys' coach at Costa Mesa. We apologize to Coach Bob Serven and to the students at Costa Mesa for any confusion this may have caused.

This morning we received an e-mail from the interim athletic director at Costa Mesa, Kristin Dye. Here's what she said:

"My name is Kristin Dye and I am the Interim Athletic Secretary at Costa Mesa High School. On Monday March 27th I received 3 different calls asking about a Head Coaching position. There is no position, Bob Serven is still the Head Coach, and will continue to be the Head Coach as long as there is a need. He has done a wonderful job, as noted by the parents, coaches and administration here at Costa Mesa. Please write me and let me know where you learned of this opening, so that I can write and ask them to correct their erroneous information. If it is possible could you please write a retraction or remove this paragraph from your website. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Sincerely,
Kristin Dye
Athletic Secretary
kdye@nmusd.k12.ca.us
714-424-8708

The listing at the LA Times, not only had such an opening for a boys' varsity basketball coach listed once . . . it was shown twice (see highlighted below). Here's the exact text of the article at the LA Times website:

BASKETBALL

Edison High seeks boys' and girls' varsity coaches. Contact Bruce Belcher, (714) 962-1356, Ext. 303. ..TE: Costa Mesa High seeks boys' varsity coach. Contact Kirk Bauermeister, (714) 424-8708.

Huntington Beach High seeks girls' varsity coach. Call (714) 536-2514. ..TE: Costa Mesa High seeks boys' varsity coach. Contact Kirk Bauermeister, (714) 424-8708.

Obviously, we don't mind taking the rap for an error when it's ours, but when it's not. . . . well, this just goes to show that you shouldn't believe everything you read in the papers. . . .The Times is a great paper with great writers, but even they sometimes get it wrong.

Again, our apologies to Coach Serven and to the Costa Mesa community.