Danvers High Basketball Coach Leaving To Become Beverly Firefighter

DANVERS, MA — A Danvers High School athletic department's loss is the Beverly Fire Department's gain.

Danvers High Principal Adam Federico told Patch on Thursday that varsity boys basketball coach Chris Timson was stepping down to pursue a firefighting career in Beverly.

"We wish Chris well in his new career and truly appreciate his time and dedication to the student-athletes of Danvers High School," Federico said.

Timson, a Beverly native and Bishop Fenwick graduate, came to Danvers as its head basketball coach in 2017 after serving as an assistant in Marblehead. Timson played college basketball at Keene State.

Federico said the search process for a new leader of the boys basketball program will begin soon under the direction of incoming athletic director Drew Betts, the current Salem Academy Charter School AD who will begin work in the district in July.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)