Triton Basketball Coach Resigns

Joe Bennett has decided to leave his position as a math teacher and head varsity boys basketball coach at Triton High School to take a similar position at Westfield High School near Indianapolis. His hiring was approved in a special Tuesday meeting of the Westfield Washington Board of School Trustees.

Bennett has been employed at Triton since August of 1998, and before that, he taught math and was an assistant boys basketball coach for six years at NorthWood High School.

In his first year as the varsity coach at Triton, Bennett led the Trojans to their first sectional title in 35 years. The next year, Bennett coached the Trojans to the final four. Last year, the team's regular-season was 13-7, and the Trojans won their third straight sectional title.

Bennett's overall record is 46-27.

Bennett has been married to his wife Tia for eight years, and they have three children: Amy, 5, Aaron, 3, and Ann, 16 months.