You don't necessarily have to be a football fan to understand that controversy has followed Rush Propst around at each of his coaching stops the last several decades.
From illegal activity to allegedly head-butting a player and thowing a headset, to having an entire secret family, there's plenty of dirt to find on arguably one of the most notorious high school coaches that football has had the last 20 years.
Propst, who rose to fame through MTV's Two-a-Days series that aired for two seasons following around the Hoover HS (AL) and the teen players, was recently asked about the viral video that emerged from Hoover HS showing violent and highly inappropriate behavior between two coaches that ultimately led to the resignations of head coach Drew Gilmer and Adam Helms.
The veteran head coach's response after seeing the video once, was...well, see for yourself.
"If that picture looked like what it was, then that might be over the line."
"If you coach with integrity, don't demean kids, you won't cross that line," he shared on The Opening Kickoff on WNSP FM 105.5.
"I'm not saying you can't slap them on the butt. I don't mean you can't holler at them. I just think that's the extent of it. You can raise your voice. In the latter years I cut the cussing out. I don't cuss kids like I used to."
"As high school coaches, we have to understand there is a line we can't cross. You can get to intensity a lot of different ways."
Propst lecturing on the importance of integrity with a rather colorful recent track record on the topic is something I didn't expect to read this morning.
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