The decision was this for Brady Sheffield: remain as Old Lyme's boys basketball coach and continue building it into a small-school powerhouse or start the path to hopefully one day becoming a full-time college basketball head coach.
Sheffield made the decision to choose the latter. Difficult not only because he was leaving where he once played, but also in the sense of the relationships he built and who was coming back for the Wildcats. Sheffield took a job as an ****** istant men's basketball coach at Division III Mitchell College earlier this month.
"It was definitely not an easy decision. "I was really excited with what we had coming back," Sheffield said. "We had a great off-season to that point and they were playing well in the summer league."
Sheffield, 24, went 63-14 through three seasons, including the program's first CIAC championship in 2024, winning Division V. Old Lyme was a Division V finalist again in 2025 and also won back-to-back Shoreline Conference championships the last two seasons. You would be hard-pressed to find someone who did a better job in that three-year span.
Eddie Fiske, the two-time Shoreline Conference Player of the Year, transferred to The Frederick Gunn School. But a number of players are returning in the Wildcats' bid for a third-straight league championship. Plus, Sheffield rests easy knowing who his replacement is.
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Sheffield made the decision to choose the latter. Difficult not only because he was leaving where he once played, but also in the sense of the relationships he built and who was coming back for the Wildcats. Sheffield took a job as an ****** istant men's basketball coach at Division III Mitchell College earlier this month.
"It was definitely not an easy decision. "I was really excited with what we had coming back," Sheffield said. "We had a great off-season to that point and they were playing well in the summer league."
Sheffield, 24, went 63-14 through three seasons, including the program's first CIAC championship in 2024, winning Division V. Old Lyme was a Division V finalist again in 2025 and also won back-to-back Shoreline Conference championships the last two seasons. You would be hard-pressed to find someone who did a better job in that three-year span.
Eddie Fiske, the two-time Shoreline Conference Player of the Year, transferred to The Frederick Gunn School. But a number of players are returning in the Wildcats' bid for a third-straight league championship. Plus, Sheffield rests easy knowing who his replacement is.
#wildcats
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