STECK, 67, RETIRES AS ALBANY ACADEMY AD.(Sports)

Byline: Gene Levy Staff writer

Ernie Steck, whose name has been synonymous with Albany Academy athletics for nearly four decades, announced his retirement Wednesday as athletic director. His resignation becomes effective at the end of the current school year.

Steck, 67, was one of the most sucessful football coaches in SectionII history, and also coached basketball, track and baseball at the private school.

He said retirement was his own decision, something he had been thinking about since his wife Roselyn died two years ago.

"I just want to have more time to myself," said Steck, who has been athletic director at Academy since 1971. "I just …