In retirement, Tim Cousins always enjoyed watching basketball games. Because even though family came first, his love for the sport remained a close second.
“His life,” said daughter Barbra Fether, “was basketball.”
The 79-year-old Cousins, who died unexpectedly on Aug. 10, coached boys basketball at Darrington High School from 1971-72 to 1990-91. Including an earlier stint at Seattle’s Lakeside High School, Cousins was a head coach for 23 seasons, and in that span he won 280 games. Those totals led to his induction into the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2011.
The 6-foot-8 Cousins played at Seattle University in the late 1950s, including a redshirt season in 1957-58 when Seattle U, led by star forward Elgin Baylor, reached the NCAA championship game before losing to Kentucky.