Canary Quits as Dana Hills Baseball Coach

Bob Canary said Thursday he has resigned as baseball coach at Dana Hills.

Canary has been the Dolphins’ varsity coach for 15 seasons. He will remain at the school as a teacher.

“It was in the best interest of everybody,” Canary said. “I need new challenges and I think the program needed someone else to accept the same challenge I did 15 years ago.”

The Dolphins were 167-173-6 under Canary and made the playoffs four of the last eight seasons. Dana Hills won the South Coast League title in 1991 and reached the Southern Section 2-A quarterfinals in 1978.

Canary said he plans to return to coaching.

“I won’t be away long,” he said. “I might end up an assistant or maybe coach lower-level teams.”