Central Catholic Hoops Coach Rick Nault Resigns

By Dan Ventura
Boston Herald
May 6, 2017

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/high_school/2017/05/schools_central_catholic_hoops_coach_rick_nault_resigns

Embattled Central Catholic boys basketball coach and dean of students Rick Nault, who has been on administrative leave for sending an inappropriate message through social media to a former student, has submitted his resignation.

School president Christopher F. Sullivan said in a letter announcing the move that Nault engaged with a recent graduate of Central Catholic on a social media site, and called that “a practice that cannot be tolerated at our school.”

“This lapse of good judgment is the only incident of violation of the school’s faculty code by Mr. Nault in the 11 years he has been employed at Central. Mr. Nault has been forthcoming throughout the entire process,” Sullivan said, adding that he accepted Nault’s resignation “with regret.”

The head coach at Central Catholic for the past 11 seasons, Nault won 230 games and a pair of Division 1 state titles (2008 and 2010). This past season, Nault led the Raiders to their ninth Merrimack Valley Conference Large title and a berth in the Division?1 North final.

Trouble initially surfaced last week when an email sent to families of the school by Sullivan indicated that an administrator was placed on leave for sending inappropriate messages through social media to a former student last month.

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David Pollard, Ross Gienieczko and Brendan Connelly contributed to this report.