Joseph Tobianski | AnnArbor.com file

Pete Schoch will not return as Father Gabriel Richard’s boys basketball coach in 2013-14, the school announced this week.

Schoch has accepted a job as an assistant coach with Pfeiffer University in North Carolina.

Schoch spent 13 years at the school, a span during which the Fighting Irish won eight district titles, one regional title and five Catholic League titles. FGR also reached the 2008 state semifinals.

“Coming to this decision was nothing short of agonizing for me as FGR and the FGR community has meant so much to me and my family in our daily lives,” Schoch wrote in a farewell letter to the Gabriel Richard community.

“I have this opportunity not because I am some great coach, but because I am a lucky and very blessed man, one that had the fortune to have great players and great kids, a wonderful supportive administration and an amazing community to support us. That is why I know the FGR tradition of excellence will certainly carry on long after I am gone.”

Gabriel Richard is now accepting application for the opening. The posting will be open until Friday, September 27, 2013. All applicants should send a letter of interest, resume and 3 references to Gabriel Richard athletic director Hally Yonko at hyonko@fgrhsaa.org

Kyle Austin covers sports for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kyleaustin@annarbor.com or 734-623-2535. Follow him on Twitter @KAustin_AA.