Retirement suits Martha Altmire well.

She can sleep in. She can watch all of her favorite TVprograms, spend time with family, travel around Butler County to watch girls basketball games as a fan — and be inducted into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.

AMoniteau High School graduate, Altmire never played varsity basketball in high school because it didn't exist for girls back then.

She played sparingly for Anderson (Ind.) University before starting a girls basketball program at Olean (N.Y.)High School as a 22-year-old.

Now, 36 years later, she's a Hall of Famer, and no run-of-the-mill Hall of Famer at that.

Last weekend, Altmire joined basketball notables Jim Boeheim, Roger Brown, Lou Carnasecca, Billy Cunningham, Connie Hawkins, Red Holzman, Bob Lanier, Frank McGuire and Dolph Schayes.

"I looked at some of those names in the program and asked myself, 'What am I doing here?"Altmire said. "It's hard to believe a little girl from Moniteau is going to have her plaque alongside people like that."

Altmire won 484 games, including 63 consecutive league games at one point, 18 league titles, sent more than 150 girls into college basketball and retired with a streak of 15 straight winning seasons.

And no desire to go for 500 victories.

"I have no regrets about that,"she said. "I don't even think about it. I think it was time for me."

Olean athletic director Don Scholla succeeded her as coach at Olean — and nominated her for the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame.

"I coached his daughter and she's a junior at John Carroll University now,"Altmire said. "I was notified in October that I got into the Hall.

"I just didn't realize how special an honor that was until I got to the banquet. It's quite an affair."

The New York State Basketball Hall of Fame is in Glens Falls, N.Y. There are 104 members of the Hall, which was formed in 1991.

Altmire is only the third woman to be inducted, joining 338-game winner Risa Zander of Sachem High School and Wiletta Spease, who won more than 400 games at Nottingham High .

"I'm a little disappointed to see there's only three women in there,"Altmire admitted. "I hope it's not a prejudice thing. Maybe now they'll put a few more of us in."

Now living in Eau Claire, Altmire spends a lot of time with family. Her parents live in Butler County, she has a brother living in Butler and has plenty of extended family in the area.

"I'm making up for a lot of time I couldn't spend with them over the past 35 years,"she said. "Ihad to reorganize myself a little, but I've never been bored. And I don't miss coaching.

"But when I attend games as a fan, I'm still coaching in my head," she admitted, laughing.

She attended many Moniteau and Slippery Rock girls basketball games this season, as well as the NCAAwomen's regional games in Pittsburgh.

Altmire coached high school ball for years in New York with a 30-second shot clock. She noticed the difference in style of play in Pennsylvania immediately.

"A lot slower — a whole lot slower," she said. "But you know what?The teams that play up-tempo are usually the teams that win. With or without a shot clock, I'd still coach the same way — get up the floor."

Here is a look at Moniteau graduate Martha Altmire's girls basketball coaching career. She was recently inducted into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame:• 484 wins, 222 losses over 35 seasons at Olean High School• 18 league championships• 7 sectional titles• Ranks among top five all-time in New York high school basketball wins• Won 63 league games in a row from 1999 to 2005• Olean High basketball court named for her in 2006• Inducted into Cattaraugus County and Olean High sports halls of fame