Posted by Tom Markowski (The Detroit News) on Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Retired but not completely
James Reynolds retired as head football coach at Detroit King on Aug. 25. Reynolds cited health problems as is reason for leaving the position he held for 35 years.
Take heart, King fans, Reynolds is back. He's not back coaching but he's adding his expertise at times. He said he attends one, sometimes two practices a week and he was on the sidelines last Friday when King defeated Detroit Cass Tech, 27-0. Now, Reynolds isn't coaching but the new King coach, Dale Harvel, said he tells his former boss to add whatever he sees fit to any of the practices he sees fit. And speaking of fit, Reynolds said he's lost 35 pounds since his retirement and he's changed he's eating habits. Harvel said King football IS James Reynolds. We agree. One can't watch King play and not think of coach Reynolds. To those of us who have followed King for the past 30 years or so, Reynolds will always be known as coach. Welcome back.
