PENNSYLVANIA
Idaho Statesman
BY JOE MANDAK
Associated Press
February 23, 2015
PITTSBURGH — Retired NFL player Artrell Hawkins Jr.’s alma mater has rescinded its decision to hire him as football coach.
Bishop McCort High School in Johnstown announced Wednesday that the school had hired Hawkins, a 1994 graduate, to replace a coach who resigned the day before. But Sunday night, the school’s public relations spokesman, Matthew Beynon, issued a statement from Principal Tom Fleming rescinding the hiring.
“Coaching successions go through a formal process. … Unfortunately, this process was not appropriately followed in this circumstance,” the statement said. “We spoke with Mr. Hawkins and we sincerely appreciate his understanding in this unfortunate situation.”
Beynon did not immediately respond to questions about how the school’s hiring process and unspecified “protocols” also referenced in the principal’s statement were not followed.
But The Associated Press has learned that Hawkins was arrested on a domestic violence charge last year at his home near Cincinnati, though he was later found not guilty.
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