37 years working at the same place. Some would say that's crazy. Other would love the security and what it allows. For Mike Leatherwood, 37 years is enough for him, standing on the sidelines and more importantly winning games. Leatherwood has been the head basketball coach at Indian River State College since 1970. He decided to officially step down on July 31st and take some time off. He's only 61 and even left the door open to come back and maybe coach again somewhere else. He's had only one job. Told me he liked being able to be the head coach and run the show. He said Arkansas offered him an assistant coaching job years ago but he turned it down because he was happy in Fort Pierce and wanted to be the head man.
I think something everyone struggles with at some point is the ability to figure out when they should be happy at where they're at and what they're doing.
Leatherwood was content coaching at a junior college and on his way becoming the all-time winningest coach in the state of Florida with 703 victories. Leatherwood was also inducted into the Junior College Hall of Fame. Amazing credentials, at any level but he'll never be mentioned in the same breath with Bobby Knight, Dean Smith or Mike Krzyzewski. That's okay Leatherwood has 8 grandchildren he's looking forward to spending time with and working out a bunch too.
Leatherwood may never be a millionare or win a national championship. But that's okay with him. He's happy with all he's done because sometimes the view from the moutain top isn't always that great a site.