Propst came under further scrutiny when Hanceville High School complained to the Alabama High School Athletic Association that one of their players did not transfer properly to Hoover High and should have been ineligible. It also reported that bank records confirmed that Propst had provided financial support to a family in Pell City. The report identified assistant principal Carol Martin as the instigator of the grade-changing incidents, repeating claims that she had an affair with Propst.
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The Hoover School Board, under pressure from Hoover mayor Tony Petelos, decided to make Pointer's full report public. Propst's attorney denied all of those allegations. That letter was obtained by the Birmingham News and published in their Jedition. It went on to say that Craig had instructed Bishop not to investigate those claims. When Bishop's contract was not renewed by the school board, his attorneys sent a letter to the board which repeated the claims about Propst's private life - adding rumors of an affair with a Hoover teacher and another school official. Propst consistently refused to acknowledge any discussion of the subject. That paper apologized later for printing the allegations, but did not formally retract them. Ford was fired from the Hoover Gazette when publisher John Junkin called the station immediately after the segment.įord's Jcolumn for Bessemer's Western Star further detailed the anonymous allegations of three children born out of wedlock. Reporter Hunter Ford discussed allegations of an long-term affair and a "second family" on the air during a broadcast of the Paul Finebaum Radio Network from WJOX-FM. Craig announced that an investigation would be carried out by former federal judge Sam Pointer Jr.Īt the same time, rumors about Propst's personal life were swirling. At that time, Browning expressed concern over reports of grade-changes made for certain athletes that he had turned over to Hoover City Schools superintendent Andy Craig. In June 2007 athletic director Jerry Browning resigned, citing differences with principal Richard Bishop (a former JSU team-mate of Propst's). Propst has acknowledged that he is the father of at least one other child as the result of the extramarital affair that led, in part, to his resignation from Hoover High. He has a wife, Tammy and three children from that marriage: Jacob, Bryan and Leanne. His overall head-coaching record is 176-59 (108-15 at Hoover).īoth of Propsts parents died of cancer (his father in 1994 and his mother ten years later). Propst was named Coach of the Year by the Birmingham News in each of his championship seasons and by the Monday Morning Quarterback Club in 20. Under his agreement with the Hoover School Board, Propst will step down as head coach after the 2007 playoffs and remain in an administrative position through August 31, 2008. The investigation found serious academic improprieties and resulted in Propst's resignation. The 2007 season was marked by continuous rumors of scandal, resignations by school officials, and a detailed investigation of Propst and Hoover's entire athletics program.
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The 20 seasons were the subject of the MTV reality series " Two-A-Days", which made Propst into a national figure. Hoover went to the title game again in 2006, losing to Prattville High School. The team went 7-3 in 1999, then climbed to 14-1 in 2000, beating Daphne High School for the first of five state championships. Under Coach Propst, the Hoover Buccaneers adopted a pass-heavy spread offense. Propst was initially hired as athletic director and football coach, but stepped down from the AD position after six months. Propst coached that school to a 12-2 record in 1998 before he was hired at Hoover. Alba merged the following year with Grand Bay High School to become Alma Bryant High School. Propst continued his head coaching career with stints at Eufala High School ( 1994 - 1996), and Alba High School in Bayou La Batre ( 1997). After college, he worked as an assistant coach for eight years at Cleburne County High School in Heflin, Cherokee High School in Canton, Georgia, and Ashville High School in Ashville, where he became head football coach in 1989. He graduated in 1976 and walked on as a wide receiver at Jacksonville State University. Propst grew up in Ohatchee, playing under Ragan Clark at Ohatchee High School. He is currently the head coach at Colquitt County High School in Moultrie, Georgia.
He resigned effective after the 2007 season following scandals involving grade-changes for student athletes and personal impropriety.
Rush Propst (born 1958 in Ohatchee) was the head coach of the successful Hoover High School football team from 1999 to 2007, winning five state 6A championships and earning several national rankings.
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