Lyle Kern is retiring from his long-time tennis coaching post at Iola High School.
Kern, who retired a few years back as a fourth-grade teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, said Friday he had to give up his coaching gig as well.
As a participant in the Kansas Public Employee Retirement System (KPERS), Kern ran the risk of losing retirement benefits with the income he earned from coaching.
“The enjoyment went both ways” in coaching, Kern said. “I enjoyed this.”
Kern remains the organizer of nightly pickleball sessions at the converted tennis courts at Meadowbrook Park in Iola.
“Maybe Iola will need a pickleball coach sometime soon,” he joked.
Kern, IHS tennis coach retires
