San Domenico coach leading a free play initiative

Tyler Gaffaney is trying to inspire the youth of Marin County to get outside and … just play.

Gaffaney, the boys basketball head coach at San Domenico, moved around Marin County growing up, but there was always a pickup game of kickball at the playground in Novato, a game of toss behind the ballfield at Boyle Park in Mill Valley, or just fun with friends in the cul-de-sac.

“Tyler grew up playing Little League and other sports, we moved around,” said his father, Pat Gaffaney. “He’d...