Texas high school coach reportedly fired for holding signing ceremony for PWO
National Signing Day is over and done for the 2018 recruiting cycle, but the consequences are still being felt by one coach in Texas.
According to a report, coach Eugene Rogers of North Crowley High School was “reassigned” from his position as head coach due to “misrepresenting a student-athlete signing.”
Apparently, Matt Stepp reports, Rogers allowed a preferred walk-on to hold a signing ceremony at the school, angering school officials:
One of the reasons stated Coach Rogers was reassigned was "misrepresenting a student athlete signing" this student athlete was given a ceremony for signing as a preferred walk-on sad CISD would use this as a reason for reassigning a Coach #txhsfb
— Matt Stepp (@Matt_Stepp817) February 21, 2018
FootballScoop.com reached out to Rogers, and the fired coach read a portion of his reassignment letter:
“This reassignment is due to a pattern of poor judgment and the allegation of your conscious misrepresentation of facts regarding a student-athlete’s college signing.”
He then comments on the school’s record, which was 4-6 this year, saying if that’s why he was reassigned, he wishes the school would be up front about it.
It’s a bizarre situation in Texas, but Texas high school football is not exactly the most logical sport on the planet.