according to the friend of an e-grizzer who overhead the news while camped out at starbucks, montana head basketball coach wayne tinkle is expected to announce his retirement april 1.
in a continuing trend in college basketball, tinkle reportedly will hand over the head-coaching job to his son, tres.
the younger tinkle, a sixth grader at missoula country day school, was on a field trip and unavailable for comment. but those who know him say he already has an incredible knowledge of basektball, picked up from sitting around the family dinner table and playing hoops against his older sister, joslyn.
meanwhile, tinkle, known for his matinee-idol good-looks, will depart next month for africa with his glamorous wife lisa, where the couple intends to adopt two african babies.
tinkle reportedly reached the decison to retire last january while sitting in an empty gymnasium in greely, colorado.
"this is like an intimation of my own death," he is reported to have thought at the time. "yes...this is a little bit of death."
meantime, montana athletic director jim o'day refused to comment on the situation.
in faxes placed for the news media to find in spots that replicate next week's annual easter egg hunt, o'day said the university had decided to continue a policy it first began in reporting injuries to student athletes:
"henceforth, the university will issue no statements about hirings, firings, signings, arrivals, departures or any other issues or events relating to individuals involved past, present or future in the university of montana athletic program, in deference to their own personal privacy concerns."
the original source for the story remains camped out in a sleeping bag at starbucks.
she was the first to get tickets to last summer's rolling stones concert, the first in missoula to sign up for botox treatments, and will soon be the first to test the lastest starbucks drink, the dulce de leche frappuccino, due to be released april 3.
she is considered, with grizbacker 1 and city griz, to be one of the most dependable reliable sources on e-griz.
in a continuing trend in college basketball, tinkle reportedly will hand over the head-coaching job to his son, tres.
the younger tinkle, a sixth grader at missoula country day school, was on a field trip and unavailable for comment. but those who know him say he already has an incredible knowledge of basektball, picked up from sitting around the family dinner table and playing hoops against his older sister, joslyn.
meanwhile, tinkle, known for his matinee-idol good-looks, will depart next month for africa with his glamorous wife lisa, where the couple intends to adopt two african babies.
tinkle reportedly reached the decison to retire last january while sitting in an empty gymnasium in greely, colorado.
"this is like an intimation of my own death," he is reported to have thought at the time. "yes...this is a little bit of death."
meantime, montana athletic director jim o'day refused to comment on the situation.
in faxes placed for the news media to find in spots that replicate next week's annual easter egg hunt, o'day said the university had decided to continue a policy it first began in reporting injuries to student athletes:
"henceforth, the university will issue no statements about hirings, firings, signings, arrivals, departures or any other issues or events relating to individuals involved past, present or future in the university of montana athletic program, in deference to their own personal privacy concerns."
the original source for the story remains camped out in a sleeping bag at starbucks.
she was the first to get tickets to last summer's rolling stones concert, the first in missoula to sign up for botox treatments, and will soon be the first to test the lastest starbucks drink, the dulce de leche frappuccino, due to be released april 3.
she is considered, with grizbacker 1 and city griz, to be one of the most dependable reliable sources on e-griz.
