Todd Wing instructs his Deering High basketball players before a scrimmage in 2021. Wing has resigned as head coach after 12 seasons. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer
Todd Wing has decided to step down as boys basketball coach at Deering High after 12 seasons as the Rams’ head coach and 17 with the program.
Wing, 48, will continue to be a physical education teacher at Reiche Elementary School in Portland.
“My rationale is I’ve had a great run and I’ve always been a coach and will probably always be a coach,” Wing said Thursday morning. “This year my son (Ronan Wing) is a senior in high school. So he was on my squad and we had all his friends that I’ve known for years and years and when the season came to an end it seemed like that book had closed.”
Wing compiled a 123-102 record over 12 seasons, including going 7-3 in the COVID-truncated 2020-21 season. He guided the Rams to the AA North regional final in 2016 and 2020, losing to eventual state champions Portland and Edward Little, respectively.
Wing said choosing to not coach “scares me,” because it has been a part of his life for so long. His first coaching job was at the old St. Patrick’s school in Portland. He then coached at Saint Joseph’s College on Rob Sanicola’s staff. Wing and Sanicola were students together a Saint Joseph’s. Wing joined the Deering program and was an assistant under Dan LeGage for five seasons.
“I feel good that basketball has put me in contact with so many wonderful people,” Wing said.
Wing and his wife Liz have three children, Ronan, Maren who is a sophomore at Portland High, and youngest son Reece who is in fifth grade.
“A lot of coaches will say they had issues with parents or administrators but in my years I had nothing but support,” Wing said. “Good support from alumni. Good support from parents. It was nothing negative that drove me to step down. It was entirely my decision.”
Massabesic wrestling
Massabesic High in Waterboro has advertised for a new varsity wrestling coach to replace Joe Eon.
“Yes, it’s true. It’s time for me to move on,” Eon said in a brief text message.
In three seasons as the head coach, Eon led the Mustangs to the 2023 Class A Dual Meet championship, the 2024 Class A team title and the 2025 girls team championship. The overall championship in 2024 was the first for Massabesic since 2008. Eon is a former standout wrestler at Massabesic. He won four individual Class A wrestling championships at Massabesic from 2006-09 and helped the Mustangs win back-to-back team titles in 2007 and 2008.
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