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Geneva women's basketball head coach Ronald Galbreath, who formerly won 448 games as the head coach of Westminster (Pa.) men's basketball, announced his retirement. Galbreath coached the Golden Tornadoes for six seasons before taking last season off to recover from a stroke.

“I simply love the game of basketball,” said Galbreath in a school release. “It has always been about helping people improve and helping the teams that I have coached get better throughout the year. I just don’t feel comfortable enough that I can physically handle the demands that a basketball season will bring.”

Galbreath spent 25 seasons at Westminster (Pa.) coaching its men's team to six regular season district titles and three trips to the NAIA Division I National Tournament. He wracked up 448 wins with the Titans along with another 75 in five seasons as the head men’s coach at Clarion (Pa.). In 2002 Galbreath took over the women's program at Geneva and went 111-48 for a total career record of 634-192.

“This has been a very difficult decision for Ron in that he has been coaching at the college level for nearly 45 years,” said Geneva College athletic director Kim Gall. “We are so thankful and appreciative for his faithful service to Geneva College and especially the women’s basketball program. We are looking forward to seeing Coach Galbreath remaining active on campus as he will still be teaching classes in the Physical Education department.”

Geneva began its transition from NAIA to NCAA Division III in 2007-2008. The program, which enters its third of provisional NCAA membership this season, will conduct a search to fill the head coaching job with an interim tag for the first year.