His Rebel teams won 16 area and region championships, and made 31 state playoff appearances. [16] In 2011, Colquitt finished 11-3 after losing 35-31 to the eventual state champions, Grayson High School, in the state semifinal game. Beyond his players, Coach Anderson has had a strong and positive influence on other coaches through the years. Enter Waldrop a consistent winner at Chelsea, James Clemens and Florence still looking for his first championship as a head coach. Weve become such an instant society. He can run, hes smart and he also plays basketball. If you have a disability or face any barriers accessing website content, please contact (205) 402-5100 or email webmaster@vestavia.k12.al.us. Its not just a job. St. Paul's head coach Steve Mask instructs tight end Chett Elder in the first half of a prep football game against Faith Academy on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com). In addition to football, he was a two-year starter on the basketball team and even though Ohatchee did not have a track program, he checked out of school one afternoon and won the District 100-yard dash his senior year. VESTAVIA HILLS, AL Hiring a replacement for a coaching legend is not easy, but Vestavia Hills has landed a new head football coach from Georgia with an impressive resume. Propst also faced charges having to do with his personal life, specifically that he engaged in extramarital affairs. But in June 2007, the criticism became more vocal and more formal when HHS athletic director Jerry Browning, Propst's immediate superior, resigned over numerous differences between himself and principal Richard Bishop, who was a teammate of Propst on the football team at Jacksonville State University. 5. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). [25] The letter was a result of the board voting to not renew Bishop's contract as principal, an act which garnered widespread coverage by local news media. As we were writing this article, he was working on a socially distanced version, and theres no doubt he will find a way to keep the tradition alive. People do know were hard-nosed. I told them to write down how they want to be as an individual, as a football player and as a team. Hes intelligent and can play a lot of different positions.REL. I have been fortunate to know Coach Anderson for years, and when we talked about this story, I couldnt pass up the chance to ask a few questions of my own. Rush Propst. (Jeff Lee/Contributed). These two really have been super bright spots for us in the spring and summer. Propst divorced Tammy in 2008 and married his current wife, Stefnie, with whom he has four children.[3][4]. Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. Published: Jan. 5, 2022 at 7:44 AM PST. On October 23, 2007, the AHSAA ruled that Purifoy was indeed ineligible, and that the Bucs would have to forfeit all games in which Purifoy played. Physical Education, Health & Driver Education, Freshman Campus Course Registration (Rising 9th Graders), Freshman Campus Course Registration (Rising 10th Graders), Online Enrollment and Registration Information. We are thrilled to have Robert and his wife Anne on the Vestavia Hills team, Freeman said today. They havent won a playoff game since playing for the 7A state title in 2015. The Jaguars have suffered through four straight losing seasons and went just 2-8 a year ago. VESTAVIA, Ala. (WBRC) - Vestavia Hills High School has announced that a former rebel will return as the schools new head football coach. Guess was Pinsons offensive coordinator last season and was wide receivers coach for five years before that. People have talked about filling his shoes, but I dont look at it that way. Select Year: 1970 <-- 2016 <- 2017 -> 2018 --> 2022. Ben Blackmon won another. The lessons you learn in athletics last longer than the actual event itself. Now as a coach, his biggest lesson from Anderson is: The student is more important than the athlete. [12] After community uproar over the interview, Propst decided to stay at Colquitt County.[13]. In the total scheme of things, relationships matter most. For the first time in more than four decades, Vestavia Hills High School has a new head football coach: Sean Calhoun. Hes athletic, big and strong. One of the first things they did in their efforts to move forward was to hire Buddy Anderson as their head football coach. We have chosen to publish this VHHS is part of the Vestavia Hills City School District with approximately 1,800 students and 21 varsity sports. Ohatchee was 27-5-1 in Propst's three years as a starter at wide receiver and defensive back, with Propst earning All-County recognition as a senior. This team has a great nucleus and a great senior class. (Dennis Victory | preps@al.com)Dennis Victory | preps@al.com, The mindset I had was that I needed some Alabama guys who were not previously here, Calhoun said. He earned a football scholarship to Samford University where he would get his degree. Vakakes won 49 games in nine years at Jackson-Olin. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. "[31][32], In June 2016, the Georgia Professional Standards Commission announced that Propst would be suspended for the entire 2016 season after head-butting one of his players (and bloodying himself) during a December 4, 2015 playoff game. He also served as an assistant coach for eight years at Cleburne County High School in Heflin, Alabama, Cherokee High School in Canton, Georgia, and Ashville High School in Ashville, Alabama. He never once put me off or was too busy to help a young coach. Calhoun, 39, most recently served as the head football coach at Carrollton (Georgia) High School, where he compiled a 51-12 record over five seasons including three region championships and five quarterfinal playoff appearances. Bert Newton, son of former Homewood coach and AHSAA Hall of Famer Bob Newton, is the new defensive coordinator. David Lundberg will coach the offensive line and serve as running game coordinator. If you cant do the right thing in the classroom, theres no way in the world I can count on you on the field. Gordo coach Ryan Lolley directs his team during the Cam Newton 7-on-7 tournament at BlackWatch Sports in Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday, June 29, 2019. youtube.com. Through the years Linda has been a school teacher, a stay-at-home mother, a private tutor and worked for Alabama Public Television as well as in the ministry field. RELATED: Who is the states best active coach? Browning expressed concerns over reports that grades for certain athletes had been altered to make them eligible for college play, and made those concerns known to Hoover City Schools Superintendent Andy Craig in a meeting in April. RT @1rebelbaseball: Schedule changes for tomorrow: The Varsity DH scheduled for tomorrow @ Austin has been moved to tomorrow @ Sammy Dunn Field starting @ 4:00 The Freshman DH scheduled for tomorrow @ Sammy Dunn Field has been moved to Cullman starting . Vestavia Hills Magazineis publishedquarterly by Sean Calhoun and his family finally are making Vestavia Hills their home. Sean Calhoun lasted just one year before returning to Georgia to coach. I wanted my players and this community to know that that is big for me and my family. The team was named national champion by two publications in 2015. As usual, the high school football offseason has been filled with coaching changes throughout the state maybe more than most years. The investigation resulted in the forfeiture of four games, including a 1-0 loss to crosstown rival Spain Park High School, the first loss to the Jaguars in the history of the teams' rivalry. He runs the show and keeps this whole place in line. Since the early 70s, on Wednesday nights his house has been full of athletes who want to learn more about God. Vestavia Hills' Hoke Smith (74) celebrates a score against Hoover with Randall Stokes in a 2019 file photo. [18][19] In 2013, Colquitt finished 11-3 after losing 14-9 to the eventual state champions, Norcross High School, in the state semifinal game. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. When you get your nose bloodied, you get back up. Also, parents dont need to make it all better all the time. They wrestled together, they are in the same workout group. Coach, Head Coach - 7th Men's Basketball, Asst. information in hopes our visitors will participate in assisting He will have a rebuilding job on his hands at Spain Park. His record as a head football coach for the past 43 years at Vestavia Hills High School is 346-160 with two state football championships. Our guys take pride in our community and have that pride with a little edge, a chip on their shoulders, Calhoun said. We have the pieces of the puzzle here, and its my job to move them around to make that product. (Dennis Victory | preps@al.com). Not that many high school teams in the nation have as many as Thompson. Were going to lean on him a lot. Claim this team Ways you can help Make an impact on this team, and help keep MaxPreps up-to-date. Nikita Stover was named the new head football coach at Decatur Heritage Christian Academy on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Propst played high school football for Coach Ragan Clark, whose son Bill was later the head coach at Prattville High School, a Hoover rival, for many years. Rigby comes in after a successful stint at Eufaula and does have talent returning, including sophomore running back Anthony Rogers and senior offensive tackle Vysen Lang. @1rebelathletics . Grider has had success as a program builder. 32. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Vestavia Hills Football! I am excited to be a part of this rich football state. [1] He is also the former head coach at Colquitt County High School in Moultrie, Georgia, Hoover High School in Hoover, Alabama, and Valdosta High School in Valdosta, Georgia. The Makos do have some talent returning, including quarterback Cash Turner and all-state athlete Chris Pearson, but they also make the jump from 2A all the way to 4A. Robert Evans is the new Vestavia Hills football coach. During his 42 seasons with the Rebels, Anderson became the winningest football coach at any level of play in Alabama history and was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame. Spanish Fort needed a new coach after Blackmon left after seven years. Smith returns to The Hill after having spent four years as an assistant there under current UAB coach Bryant Vincent from 2007-2010. Williamson head coach Antonio Coleman discusses the upcoming prep football season during Day 2 of Mobile County Media Days on Friday, July 15, 2022, in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com). They are both tough with good motors. Vestavia Hills superintendent Todd Freeman, Ed.D., described Evans as a man of character, a committed educator, and a brilliant football coach. VHSC Girls Staff U12-U19. Hes a long, tall athlete. Coach: Buddy Anderson. Whats one good thing about high school athletics in 2020? us to complete every school. "Coach Calhoun has dedicated his career to investing in the lives of young men through the sport of football," Freeman said. 1. When my dad passed away, he was one of the first to call, and we talked for over an hour. Propst was relieved of coaching duties following the 2018 season. [10] Propst's base salary at Hoover was $100,678. (Ironically, Ford had previously advocated in a Gazette column that Propst be hired to fill the then-vacant head coach position at the University of Alabama at Birmingham). Propst gained national notoriety through the MTV series Two-A-Days, which chronicled the 2005 and 2006 seasons of his Hoover team. With me being a new set of eyes and with a handful of our coaches being new, we all had to see them in a competitive setting. Claim your team to manage the roster, schedule, scores, stats and more. Vestavia Hills High School has hired a new football coach to replace legend Buddy Anderson. I dont know what that plan is either, but I know it is a great one. He takes over a Pell City team that hasnt won a playoff game since 2012 and hasnt advanced past the second round since 2003. The Jaguars went 7-4 each of the last two years and made the playoffs. Thank you all for all that you do for Vestavia Athletics. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Some His brother [second-team All-American safety Nolan] is a starter at Clemson and hes, obviously, the second son of Kevin Turner. Coach, Head Coach - 8th Women's Basketball, Head Coach - Football, Wrestling, Outdoor Track, Asst. Michael Seale , Patch Staff Posted Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 9:13 am CT What would you say to someone who is going into coaching now? If we had to play tomorrow, Mitchell Towns would be under center, the 39-year-old coach said. At Alma Bryant he amassed a 122 record. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. The topic was the focus of considerable discussion on the Paul Finebaum syndicated sports talk radio show, where Hunter Ford, a reporter for The Hoover Gazette newspaper, reported the rumors. He should be called the head coach, Calhoun said. He was also the founder of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter at Vestavia Hills High School. Meek was the teams coach for 11 of the 12 years the school has had a program. While the school was distraught, they had to carry on. As a truck traveling down Highway 31 lost its brakes and barreled through an intersection, those three lives were cut short in a tragic event that still shakes the entire community when it . Shelby County Newspapers, Inc. Mine was a calling, and maybe somebody else is going into it for other reasons. During those discussions, Ford was fired, live and on the air, by Gazette general manager John Junkin. records may be incomplete. Congratulations to Robert Evans, who has been named the new Vestavia Hills High School head football coach. Sean Calhoun was named the Rebels' new coach Wednesday at the Vestavia Hills Board of Education meeting. Its a game that teaches you lessons you cant learn in a book. Coach Volleyball, Asst. One of them, Jeff Segars, took over as the schools athletic director in 2015 from Anderson, who started in the role in 1981. I dont think its any kind of secret that people talk about Vestavia not being very athletic, he said. (Fayetteville High School photo). He started improving and started to progress. [20][21] In 2014, Rush Propst led his Colquitt County Packer football team to their second undefeated season (15-0) and a second state title (first one came in 1994), by defeating Archer High School 28-24 on December 13, 2014 to claim the 2014 1-AAAAAA State Championship and his first state title within Georgia. Everyone knows hes an unbelievable coach, 1982 VHHS graduate Mitch Allen, will tell you. What is one great lesson youve learned as a coach? Jones insisted that the apology was unwarranted, saying that Ford's story was solid and that the evidence was irrefutable. [38], On April 8, 2021, the Valdosta High School football team was sanctioned due to recruiting and undue influence committed by Propst and the Valdosta booster club. Five players were declared ineligible for the athletic year, along with $5,000 in fines. Hes a kid who has played some quarterback, but he hasnt played much varsity. He studied both physical education and math at Samford University, and while he spent many years in the classroom, his heart has always been on the football field. VHHS Athletics. I could have done things differently, but I don't admit wrongdoing inside the walls of Hoover High School. In just his second year of coaching at Colquitt County, Propst took a team that had finished 2-8 in 2007 to an 11-3 season and the state semifinals in 2009. As a truck traveling down Highway 31 lost its brakes and barreled through an intersection, those three lives were cut short in a tragic event that still shakes the entire community when it is mentioned. A meet-and-greet event for Robert and his wife Anne Evans will be held on Monday, Jan. 17 at 6 p.m. at Vestavia Hills High School. He went 7-4 his first season and won 64 games in eight years overall. Vestavia Hills High School, home of the Rebels, is a public school located in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. Its definitely an honor to be the next one, said Calhoun, who became just the seventh head football coach at Vestavia after compiling a 51-12 record in five years at Carrollton, Ga. I cant say enough about the man, the coach and the family man he is that Ive gotten to know. Tough people do. The former Prattville and Central-Phenix City head coach returns to the state after a two-year stint in Georgia. Thomas Rush Propst (born December 1957) is a high school football coach who currently serves as athletic director and associate football coach at Coosa Christian School in Gadsden, Alabama. Greenville has been an annual threat in 5A but hasnt won a state title since 1994. The Valdosta football team was also placed on probation for the 2021 football season, therefore preventing them from participating in any playoff games. His record as a head football coach for the past 43 years at Vestavia Hills High School is 346-160 with two state football championships. He has helped over 250 players receive college scholarships, including players such as Chad Jackson (Florida), John Parker Wilson (Alabama), Ryan Pugh (Auburn) and Cornelius Williams (Troy). Morson hired Brett Mask away from Colbert County to be his offensive coordinator and has one of the states top recruits on his roster in Alabama commit Jahlil Hurley. Propst attended college at Jacksonville State University where he was a non-scholarship member of the JSU football team in 1976-1977. Coach, Sports Information - Pizitz Middle School, Asst. The following week, Tribble Publications in Warm Springs, Ga, the parent company who owns The Western Star, printed an apology for allowing Ford to print these allegations in their paper, though it did not specifically retract the charges. He sure had a big impact on me and my life, and I am grateful for him., 2010 graduate Austin Whitt speaks to a similar influence on his life. He is quick to tell anyone who will listen that he was called by God to coach football on January 12, 1968. I want leaders to have character, not be a character. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. 18. Some went on to the NFL, and former player David Jordan was a member of the 1986 Super Bowl winning New York Giants team. Although he was still young, he was already a strong leader to step in as students and athletes struggled through the crisis though. He and his father are also one of only two father-son pairs to be inducted into the Alabama High School Hall of Fame. This year felt right. [33] He appealed [34] and was instead given a reprimand. Do we have as many as the top teams in our region? VHSC Academy Staff U8-U11. (Submitted). During the 2019 football season, Propst co-hosted Tennessee Two-A-Days, a radio show on Fox Sports Knoxville.
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