After 15 years as a soccer coach at the high school, boys soccer coach Adam Tajan announced he is resigning.

Over the years, Tajan has coached both boys and girls soccer and Strikers. Tajan has spent eight of his coaching years with the girls soccer team and seven with the boys. After these many years, he feels he needs a break from the soccer scene and wants to spend more time focusing on his family.

“I also believe that the program would benefit from some new energy and ideas,” said Tajan, who teaches health at Sandpoint Middle School.

Although he is not coaching the SHS team anymore, he is still part of the SSA board of directors and plans on helping out once in awhile. The decision to leave his position was not an easy one, and he said there will be a lot of aspects he will miss.

“I’ll miss a lot of things, mostly the camaraderie… practice, games, bus rides, team events,” Tajan said.

Tajan led the 2016 SHS varsity boys soccer team to the state championship and has left a great impact on many of the players. Dylan Baillie, sophomore, is a member of the team and has had Tajan as a coach for his time in high school soccer.

“He was such a great coach and we had such good chemistry, the whole team and everyone… he’s like a role model, very inspiring,” Baillie said.

It is unknown who will take over his position, but the school will be searching for someone to coach next year’s team.