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Travis Seaver has spent every winter either playing or coaching basketball since he was 5 years old. This winter will be different.

Seaver, 44, who directed the Greely High boys basketball team to three straight Class A championships from 2017-19, has resigned as the Rangers’ head coach after 13 seasons. Seaver told his team and other members of the Greely program of his decision on Tuesday.

“I told my basketball kids today, I’ve been playing since I was 5 and was involved either playing or coaching for 40 years,” Seaver said. “So next year will be my first year not involved with organized basketball. I’m not sure what will happen.”

It will also be a significant change for Greely. Seaver was a standout player at the school, graduating in 1999, and playing on two championship teams coached by Ken Marks. After graduating from St. Joseph’s College in 2003, where he played four seasons, it wasn’t long before Seaver was back at Greely as an assistant coach, a spot he held for seven seasons before he took over for Marks prior to the 2012-13 season.

In 13 seasons, Seaver’s teams won 71% of their games.

“I’m going to miss the kids. We’ve been very fortunate to have some talented players through the years, but our community continues to have just great young men and I’m going to miss that,” said Seaver. “I’m going to miss the coaches. And all the camaraderie with the other coaches in southern Maine. We made some good relationships there.”

Seaver said the primary reason he decided to step down now — a decision he termed “all mine” — was to be able to prioritize spending time with and watching his twin 14-year-old daughters, Naomi and Makenna, who are freshmen at Greely. Seaver’s daughters are avid lacrosse players who also play basketball.

In addition, Seaver said that he’s taken on more responsibility at his job as a finance director for a local, publicly-traded company.

“My work has been super supportive over the years, but as my career develops, I take on more and then my days get shorter. And my daughters, as happens, their lives get busier,” Seaver said.

Seaver did not rule out a future return to coaching. He had coached Greely through the summer league program and said he intended to coach this winter until recently re-evaluating the situation.

“I was looking at how much flexibility I was going to have and how much time I want to give, and if I was falling short on anything, it would have to be basketball, and I don’t want to do that.”

Beginning in the 2016-17 season, Greely started a three-year run of excellence. The Rangers capped back-to-back 22-0 seasons by beating Messalonskee (2017) and Hampden Academy (2018) in state championship games.

“That first team, we kind of knew we could go 22-0. The second year, we had no business going 22-0,” Seaver joked.

Greely won again in 2019, going 19-3, beating rival Falmouth in the South final before dispatching Lawrence in the state championship game.

One of Seaver’s most memorable wins came in a regular-season contest in 2023 when Greely beat Fryeburg Academy in eight overtimes, 117-115.

“We won three state championships, two undefeated seasons. We won 46 games straight. All that stuff, the eight-overtime game, are great memories,” Seaver said. “But the best memory and what I’m most proud of is what Greely basketball stood for. I think we were always a feared opponent every single night, and that’s because of how hard they worked and competed.”