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Dick Caine will continue as head coach when his lease to manage Carss Park Olympic Pool ends on June 30. His wife Jenny will also stay on, working in the office. The couple have agreed to a contract offered by the general manager of Georges River Council, Gail Connolly. Ms Connolly said in March the council would resume management of the pool on July 1 and she hoped Caine’s health would allow him to remain as the head swimming coach. Caine, who is suffering from terminal cancer, said the two-year contract was in line with his medical prognosis, and he was happy with what had been worked out. “I will come in every afternoon to coach, but I won’t be mowing lawns, cleaning toilets and things like that,” he said. “It will be hard because I am used to be being the complete boss, but at least I am here for the kids.” Caine said in a Facebook post he had kept the progress of his illness quiet. “I did not want you all to know or worry [or worse] have you feeling sorry for me, but I also have to be fair to Gail Connolly,” he wrote.
Done deal: Dick Caine, at Carss Park Olympic Pool, says it will be hard "not being the complete boss, but at least I am here for the kids.” Picture: Chris Lane
Dick Caine will continue as head coach when his lease to manage Carss Park Olympic Pool ends on June 30.
I will come in every afternoon to coach, but I won’t be mowing lawns, cleaning toilets and things like that.
Dick Caine
His wife Jenny will also stay on, working in the office.
The couple have agreed to a contract offered by the general manager of Georges River Council, Gail Connolly.
Ms Connolly said in March the council would resume management of the pool on July 1 and she hoped Caine’s health would allow him to remain as the head swimming coach.
Caine, who is suffering from terminal cancer, said the two-year contract was in line with his medical prognosis, and he was happy with what had been worked out.
“I will come in every afternoon to coach, but I won’t be mowing lawns, cleaning toilets and things like that,” he said.
“It will be hard because I am used to be being the complete boss, but at least I am here for the kids.”
Caine said in a Facebook post he had kept the progress of his illness quiet.
“I did not want you all to know or worry [or worse] have you feeling sorry for me, but I also have to be fair to Gail Connolly,” he wrote.
