Bellatty Back at Calabasas Helm

By STEVE HENSON

June 14, 1990 12 AM PT

Refreshed after a two-year absence from boys’ basketball, Bill Bellatty has returned as the coach at Calabasas High.

After leading the Coyotes to the Southern Section playoffs four times in five seasons, Bellatty resigned after the 1987-88 season, citing burnout.

Bellatty coached the girls’ team last season, but he has attended only two boys’ games since resigning. However, his interest was renewed when Dave Hoffman, who replaced Bellatty, left Calabasas to coach at Chaminade in May.

“When Dave decided to leave, I started thinking about it,” Bellatty said. “My enthusiasm is back.”

Calabasas was 10-13 last season. Greg Waugh, a 6-foot-7 center, and Tom Hoover, a 6-2 swingman, are the top returning players.

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Steve Henson

Steve Henson is a reporter with the Fast Break sports team at the Los Angeles Times. He previously served as an assistant editor and reporter in the Sports department. Henson was a leader in digital-only newsrooms from 2007-19 as a senior editor and columnist at Yahoo Sports and as senior editor at the USA Today Sports Media Group. This is his second stint at The Times, having covered the Dodgers and UCLA as well as doing enterprise, investigative and features writing from 1985-2007. Henson was awarded first place in sports features in 2021 by the L.A. Press Club and has been honored several times by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) and also by the California News Publishers Assn., the Football Writers Assn. of America and U.S. Basketball Writers Assn.

Bellatty Back at Calabasas Helm

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