Central Catholic Coach Placed on Leave after Snapchat Allegations

By Karl Capen
Boston Globe
May 2, 2017

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/high-schools/2017/05/02/central-catholic-basketball-coach-placed-leave-after-allegations/M2v50LziDp1R5YsnwGFEVO/story.html

Richard Nault, the boys’ varsity basketball coach and dean of students at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, has been placed on administrative leave for allegedly sending inappropriate messages on Snapchat to a former student.

Nault has been at the helm of the perennial Division 1 basketball power for 11 seasons, directing the Raiders to state titles in 2008 and 2010, and reaching this year’s North Section final against Cambridge, the eventual state champion.

Nault, a 1990 Central Catholic graduate, returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach for seven years before he was hired as head coach for the 2006-07 season.

An e-mail sent to families last Thursday by Central Catholic president Christopher Sullivan stated that an administrator was on leave for sending inappropriate messages through social media to a former student last month.