Rush Propst Fired By Colquitt County High School

COLQUITT COUNTY, GA - The coach who put Hoover High School football on the national map has been terminated by the Colquitt County Board of Education. The board voted unanimously to fire Rush Propst, the former Hoover coach who led the Bucs to five state champiosnhips, and Colquitt County to two.

The board spent two hours behind closed doors, evidently to discuss information from the investigation which was announced in February, according to a report by the Albany Herald. Because no information on the reason for the firing was released, many Colquitt County fans were not pleased with the board’s decision and have voiced their opinions on social media. Some have called for all of the current board members to be voted out.

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During his time at Colquitt County, Propst led the team to two state championships and two runner-up finishes. In his tenure in Moultrie, Propst led his team to a 119-35 record as well as a national championship. During his time 131 players signed scholarships to play college football.

The Hoover program was hit with allegations of grade-fixing and recruiting, though none was officially tied to Propst. He resigned during 2007 a school board meeting in which he admitted an extramarital affair and supporting a secretive second family but denied any professional wrongdoing.

Propst came to Colquitt County in 2008 and was immediately embraced, and was one of the most popular coaches in the history of the school: