Whitmore to lead Entiat schools

RITZVILLE – Longtime Lind-Ritzville Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Greg Whitmore has been named Entiat School District superintendent.

Whitmore announced his selection in an email earlier this week, noting he will be leaving his post with the Lind-Ritzville School District at the end of the school year.

"It is with excitement, but some bitter sweetness, that I am letting you know that I have accepted the position of superintendent for the Entiat School District," Whitmore wrote. "Karen and I came to Ritzville in August of 1992 and figured we would be here 2- 3 years. I blinked and just completed my 30th year."

Whitmore is a graduate of Entiat High School.

"I could not have imagined myself as the superintendent of any school," he said of Lind-Ritzville. "However, I was born in Entiat, own property in Entiat and planned to retire in Entiat and when this opportunity found me, it felt like a calling."

Whitmore said he will miss his students, athletes and the Lind-Ritzville school community as a whole.

"As always, it is the relationships that I will miss the most here... my players, the students, staff and administrators," he said. "So, l return to my roots to be a Tiger. But there is room in my heart for both a Tiger and a Bronco."

Whitmore said he still has a lot of work to do before his departure and wanted to thank the community for being "such an important part of the Whitmore family's life."

Whitmore is replacing Miles Caples, who is retiring.

The Entiat School Board made its selection during a special meeting Tuesday, May 10.

The board there announced the selection to the Entiat school community Friday, May 13.