The Guyana senior men’s basketball head-coach Junior Hercules, has walked away from the helm of the program, after officially tendering his resignation on Tuesday to the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF).
According to the letter which was emailed to the local governing body, Hercules, who has administered the program since 2018 and won the prestigious 2021 AmeriCup Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers in Suriname in 2018, said, “I hereby wish to formally communicate my resignation as Guyana’s Senior Men National Head Coach. Thank you for the opportunity awarded to me to serve from the period 2018 to 2021. I wish not to be considered for any coaching assignment and/or any coaching-related activities. It was an honour to be of service to my country and by extension the Guyana Basketball Federation.”
In an exclusive interview with Stabroek Sport, Hercules said, “My decision was motivated and made based on the values for which I held dear to coaching. Integrity, Honesty, and Respect. When the system which is entrusted to me to provide that vision is in conflict with those values it is time for me to take a pause and revisit my WHY for being a National Coach.”
Hercules, who awarded the 2019 National Sports Commission (NSC) Coach of the Year accolade for his exploits in the AmeriCup Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers, disclosed that he intends to continue in his service of the sport, adding, “I will continue to offer advice, training and provide services to individuals and institutions for which share similar goals for the development of players.”
The Plaisance Guardians tactician who is also the GABF National 3×3 coordinator, served as the Junior National Coach for the period of 2016-2018.
He was the national coach of six international assignments. They were: 2017 3×3 Championship in St. Lucia (Second Place), 2018 Barbados Tour, 2018 Caribbean Champions (Suriname), 2019 Grenada Tri Series Won 3 Sweep Series (Guyana), 2019 AmeriCup Pre-Qualifier (Columbia) and 2021 World Cup Pre-Qualifier (El Salvador).
