Alex Simonka, who was the women's basketball coach at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, according to the Associated Press and The Day, a newspaper in New London, Conn. He was found in his car on campus Saturday night, March 14.

Simonka was also the business manager for the athletic department. His team finished 5-21 this past season.

A 1999 CGA Hall of Fame inductee, Simonka was a three-sport star during his days as a cadet and a member of the class of 1979. He played football, basketball and baseball. He still owns the record for three touchdown receptions in a game and led the CGA basketball team to its first NCAA Tournament, when the Bears went 21-3 in 1978-79.