Two more longtime Wyoming high school activities directors have joined the ranks of the retired.

Jerry Fullmer has retired after a 37-year teaching and coaching career, 33 of those in Lusk, while Glenn Murray from Kemmerer retired after 40 years of teaching and coaching with the Rangers.

Fullmer spent his first four years at Greybull before coming to Lusk; he spent 30 years as the head football coach and was the AD for more than 15 years.

"I don't know that it's sunk in yet," Fullmer said. "(The teachers) are starting back into workshops and stuff now, and time will tell.

"It's tough on Friday nights; I miss them. But really, during the week, I had been at it long enough."

Fullmer coached the Tigers to five state championships in football and built a record of 173-81.

"There are so many good memories," he said. "But some of the most vivid memories are the games you lost."

Murray, a native New Yorker, said he and his wife were avid skiers in college. When it came time to apply for jobs after graduation in 1968, two spots stuck out - Jackson Hole and Park City, Utah.

"We applied to all the schools in between," Murray said, "and Kemmerer called first."

It worked out well on both ends.

Murray was the AD in Kemmerer for 15 years. He also coached the boys basketball team at Kemmerer for eight seasons, leading the Rangers to their first and only state boys basketball championship, in 1977.

He, too, said the reality of retirement hasn't quite struck.

"My wife taught for 34 years and retired five years ago," he said. "She said, 'You'll really realize it when the school bus goes by and you don't have to be there.'"

Coincidentally, the football coaches at both schools - Shawn Rogers at Kemmerer and Matt VandeBossche at Lusk - have taken over as the ADs in their respective buildings.

Both Fullmer and Murray said they're planning on staying close to the schools where they taught and coached. Fullmer said cold weather might force him and his wife south in the winter, while Murray said a desire to stay close to his children might eventually move him to the east side of the state.

For now, they're both taking a well-earned break.