THE USD VISTA Did Dale Lindsey retire?

AMARA BROOKS SPORTS EDITOR

As the news of Coach Dale Lindsey’s retirement from coaching spread, fans and players alike were shocked. USD football announced the longtime head coach’s retirement on Mar. 21 and was met with an immense amount of support from Torero fans and both past and current players. In his 10 seasons with the Toreros, Lindsey accumulated an impressive 80-30 record, achieving the same number of wins as his age. However, Lindsey claims his retirement announcement was just as much of a shock to him, stating he never wanted to stop coaching.

A day after the announcement, Lindsey spoke to The San Diego Union-Tribune and denied the university’s retirement claims.

“I did not (bleeping) retire,” Lindsey said. “I was shown the door and would like to coach. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.”

The USD football Instagram page announced the coach’s retirement; shortly after, comments and reshares poured in

For a city that markets itself as one of the “sunniest” places in California, San Diego has recently been hit hard with heavy rainfall. Dating back to the month of December, the city has faced multiple storms including heavy rainfall, strong gusts of wind and all-around colder temperatures.

As with all geographical locations, there is never a promise as to what the weather will bring, but for sunny San Diego, the rain is a drastic change from the typical, warm spring weather.

To provide a deeper understanding of where these rainstorms stem from,

Professor Paul Kemp of the Biology Department shared his knowledge on the subject matter.

“This season of late winter rains has been almost unprecedented. California has been hit by 12 or 13 so-called Atmospheric Rivers.

This occurs when a cold, low pressure system rolls down the Pacific Coast from Alaska, and the South East trailing part of the system ‘pulls’ warm, moistureladen air from the subtropical Pacific Ocean into the cold air. This creates large amounts of condensation and rain.”

According to the California Water Watch, the 2022-2023 Water Year, which is a scale that measures the amount of precipitation from overall rainfall, currently sits at “28.45 inches which is roughly 10 inches more than the Historical Record average at 18.95 inches.”

Compared to previous years, this year’s rainfall is some of the highest that California has seen in a while, especially for with statements like “da greatest,” “the best to ever do it” and “GOAT.”

The Union Tribune reached out to Associate Vice President and Executive Director of Athletics Bill McGillis to ask if Lindsey was actually fired.

“What I can share is that by every measure of success, Dale Lindsey has been absolutely tremendous,” McGillis stated.

Despite his age, Lindsey claims that he wasn’t ready to retire and in fact still had a lot more he wanted to give to the USD football program.

“I wasn’t planning on retiring,” Lindsey said. “I know chronologically how old I am. But I don’t function like an 80-yearold man. If you just sit at home, you become a vegetable — and vegetables die sooner or later.

I’ve seen too many coaches work their ass off for 40 years, think they’re going to go off to some golden parachute retirement. Then they’re dead in six months. I don’t want to be one (of those), nor do I intend to be one.”

Previous player for the USD football team Devvin Gitchuway shared that Coach Lindsey was

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See Feature, page 6 those living in central and southern California. Kemp revealed the impacts of these continuous storms to the coast.

“Most of the atmospheric rivers have been aimed right

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