From ENS-
He may be known as Bishop Brian Prior in the Diocese of Minnesota but to the Freeman High Scotties he's "Coach."
Prior, 50, was consecrated bishop a month ago. But he was courtside back in Yakima, Washington, March 6 to help lead the girl's varsity basketball team to their first state championship.
"They've been waiting a long time for this. Those girls worked very hard. They deserved it. We've been there five times in the last five years," said Prior about the team he has mentored for six years.
"The other team, Granger, was the hometown favorite," he added. "Everybody, all the media had talked about Granger, how they had incredible three-point shooters and no way was Freeman able to defeat them. But we shut down their offense."
His own love of the game led Prior to first coach his two sons, who are now teenagers. It seemed a natural evolution when he was invited to help coach the Scotties about six years ago, he said.
Then, he was serving as rector of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Spokane, a congregation he founded in 1996. Adding coaching to his activities meant summer basketball camps and out-of-town weekend tournaments in the off-season.
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http://www.episcopal-life.org/81803_120820_ENG_HTM.htm
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