PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Democrat
By Dave Sutor
dsutor@tribdem.com
Posted on Feb 23, 2015
Many questions remain as to why Bishop McCort Catholic High School hired Artrell Hawkins Jr. as its new football head coach on Wednesday and then rescinded the offer a few days later.
On Sunday, the school’s principal, Thomas Fleming, issued a statement in which he said, “Upon review and consultation of school protocol, Bishop McCort has unfortunately had to rescind its selection of Mr. Artrell Hawkins Jr. to serve as Bishop McCort’s new head football coach.”
Fleming further said in the statement that protocols were in place for hirings and, “Unfortunately, this process was not appropriately followed in this circumstance.”
Fleming, Hawkins, a 1994 Bishop McCort graduate and former National Football League player, and Mark Pasquerilla, chairman of the school’s board of trustees, did not respond Monday to messages left, requesting interviews.
Being a private school, Bishop McCort does not need to be as open with its decisions as a public school might need to be, said Paula Knudsen, the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association’s director of government affairs/legislative counsel.
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