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Alvirne baseball coach Mike Lee retiring after 38 years

By Tom King - Staff Writer | Jun 3, 2020

Telegraph photo by TOM KING Alvirne coach Mike Lee is retiring after 38 years running the Broncos baseball program.

HUDSON – A longtime local high school baseball coach is hanging up his uniform.

Alvirne High School head baseball coach Mike Lee, who would have coached his 38th Bronco season this spring were it not for the pandemic, is retiring. The announcement was made early Wednesday evening on the school’s virtual annual Sports Awards Night presentation, which also aired on Hudson Community Television.

“I want the next guy who takes over to have a veteran team, and not a young team in his first year,” said Lee, who would have coached a strong group of juniors this spring.

Lee told The Telegraph on Wednesday, contrary to what was said at the awards ceremony, that he is also retiring as a social studies teacher at the school.

Lee, whose first season at Alvirne was in 1983, posted a 357-360 career mark and guided the Broncos to three Class L/Division I finals. They were edged by Portsmouth 2-1 in 1988, lost to Nashua 11-4 in 2001, and were beaten by Keene, 9-4, in 2009. His program’s last deep tourney run came in 2016 but ended in the Division I semis with an upset loss at the hands of local rival Bishop Guertin.

He is the longest tenured varsity coach in Alvirne’s history, and was the dean of the current Division I coaching fraternity.

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