Eufaula boys’ head basketball coach Rob McKinzie resigned from his position on Wednesday in favor of the head-coaching job at Coweta. Eufaula nearly won the Class 4A District Championship falling short to Tecumseh who scored on a last second shot 69-67. In his second year as Eufaula head coach, McKinzie led the Ironheads to an 18-9 record and a spot in the area tournament.

McKinzie’s resignation comes weeks after the Eufaula school board voted 3-2 to re-up McKinzie’s contract. Eufaula school board (president District 4) Jeff Pippenger, Martha Asher (vice president-District 1) and Deserea Crawley (District 3) voted for McKinzie while Kenny Bumgarner (District 2) and Michael Morton (District 5) chose not to re-up McKinzie’s contract.

McKinzie’s resignation came at the same time Eufaula was to have their basketball summer camp, which had to be cancelled. McKinzie came to Eufaula after a long time as an assistant coach at the University of Central Oklahoma.