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Mike West has stepped down as Fallbrook High School’s boys basketball coach after nine seasons at the helm.

West, who has coached in some capacity since arriving at Fallbrook High School in 1995, resigned his coaching role in order to spend more time with his family.

“It’s been wonderful, but I have a five-year-old and a 15-year-old,” he said.

In addition to the time commitment of coaching a team, West’s coaching duties also resulted in more trips between the coach’s Carmel Valley home and Fallbrook. “That’s always made it kind of tough,” he said.

West began teaching a...