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Rush Propst, Valdosta program Netflix series premiering Friday

Netflix is rolling out Season 1 of “Titletown High” featuring Rush Rropst’s Valdosta program on Friday.

With high school football season now officially underway, Netflix is rolling out Season 1 of “Titletown High” featuring Rush Rropst’s Valdosta (Ga.) program.

The series will make its premiere on Friday and it is the second time Propst has been featured on a reality TV program centered around his program — the first being MTV’s “Two-A-Days” series at Hoover High School in Alabama.

The first season of Titletown High figures to consist of plenty of juicy storylines considering the drama surrounding Valdosta’s program in the last year. Current Miami Hurricanes true freshman quarterback Jake Garcia transferred into the program from California before the beginning of last season and played one game for Propst before the Georgia High School Association began investigating Garcia’s eligibility.

The Garcia saga led to a sworn deposition from Michael Nelson, a member of the Valdosta Touchdown Club booster organization, saying that Propst recruited players, paid for the housing of two transfers, interfered with his own hiring process and requested a “funny money” fund.

Valdosta was stripped of all its wins at the conclusion of the 2020 high school football season, banned from participating in postseason play in 2021 and fined $7,500 after more players were found to be ineligible.

“The evidence is clear that this is not an isolated instance (of recruiting) and that Coach [Rush] Probst (sic) and members of the Valdosta Touchdown Club have on other occasions contacted other student-athletes or their families and provided gifts of money, payment of utilities and housing incentives in an attempt to persuade those student-athletes to transfer to Valdosta High School,” GHSA Executive Director Robin Hines wrote in a letter to Valdosta school superintendent Todd Cason.

RELATED: Valdosta HS football program hit with fine, postseason ban for using ineligible players

Valdosta reportedly ‘reconsidering’ firing of head coach Rush Propst

Rush Propst might not be out as Valdosta High School’s football coach after all.

Rush Propst might not be out as Valdosta High School’s football coach after all.

According to the Atlanta Constitution Journal, Valdosta is reportedly “reconsidering” its decision to fire Propst following allegations of the veteran head coach recruiting players and their families to Valdosta and then paying for their living expenses. The allegations first surfaced in February and Propst was placed on administrative leave shortly after.

Valdosta City Schools confirmed to the Atlanta Constitution Journal that it will meet next week to “revisit” Propst’s non-contract renewal after a 5-3 vote to remove him from his position earlier this month. Per the Atlanta Constitution Journal, next week’s board meeting agenda reads: “Revisit non-renewal of head football coach at VHS — Mr. Warren Lee — action required.”

Valdosta was recently hit with a postseason ban and a $7,500 fine for using five ineligible players, including top quarterback recruit and current University of Miami freshman Jake Garcia.

RELATED: Valdosta HS football program hit with fine, postseason ban for using ineligible players

GHSA Executive Director Robin Hines announced the fines as $1,000 for each of the five ineligible players and tacked on an additional $2,500 fine for “lack of institutional control” in a letter to Valdosta school superintendent Todd Cason.

“The evidence is clear that this is not an isolated instance (of recruiting) and that Coach [Rush] Probst (sic) and members of the Valdosta Touchdown Club have on other occasions contacted other student-athletes or their families and provided gifts of money, payment of utilities and housing incentives in an attempt to persuade those student-athletes to transfer to Valdosta High School.”

Propst has won 299 games in his storied, but controversial high school football coaching career. Off-field issues have followed Propst at many of his previous coaching stops, including Hoover High School, where he resigned after admitting to an extra-marital affair.

Propst then became the head coach at Georgia’s Colquitt County High School in 2008, but was relieved of his duties in March 2019. At the time of his removal as head coach at Colquitt County, the Colquitt County Board of Education voted to remove Propst from his coaching position after it was determined he violated the Code of Ethics for Educators for legal compliance, conduct with students, honesty, and public funds and property, including giving pills to students “on more than one occasion” and owing nearly $450,000 in federal and state taxes.

Infamous high school coach accuses SEC teams of paying players, names culprits

Accusations of paying players in the SEC should come as no surprise.

In the southern states, everyone who knows high school football hears the name Rush Propst remembers the time he was a reality star for MTV’s Two-A-Days while coaching at the infamous Hoover High School in Alabama all while having a secret second family. He pulled a Woody Hayes but on one of his own players, headbutting one of his Colquitt student-athletes.

Controversy continues to surround Propst and again this weekend he accused Georgia and Alabama to be funneling money to play their players. In an interview with the Valdosta Touchdown Club’s executive director Michael Nelson, he claims that Kirby Smart has been giving recruits anywhere from $90,000 to $150,000 for their signatures.

Not only that, Propst claims that when players opt to return to school, like UGA running back Nick Chubb, receiving payments also.

In Tuscaloosa, it was Paul “Bear” Bryant, former 6-time national championship winning coach’s bank that helped funnel money to players claimed Propst.

The real question is how much can anyone actually trust Propst, as he is under investigation currently about paying his own players at Valdosta High School in Georgia. He was also fired from his last coaching position at Colquitt, not due to the headbutt incident, but for numerous ethics violations.

Allegations like this are obviously large, but you have to look at the source. Do SEC players get money under the table? Most likely, but many schools outside the conference probably have stories about similar situations.

It’s hard to trust Propst accusations, but there could be some truth behind them. You can listen to the whole interview here, and make your own judgement.

Rush Propst victorious in Valdosta debut

Rush Propst victorious in Valdosta debut.

VALDOSTA – Rush Propst debuted Friday night as head coach at Valdosta High School in Valdosta, Georgia.

The Wildcats defeated Warner Robins, 28-25, in its season-opening game. Kicker Angel Martinez connected on a 41-yard field goal with 25 seconds left to give Valdosta the win.

A look inside Tennessee’s latest recruiting pipeline with Rush Propst at Valdosta

Valdosta’s quarterback, Jake Garcia, is a USC commit and is from California. With the California Interscholastic Federation suspending its football season this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic, Garcia made the move to Valdosta last month to be able to play his senior campaign. He is slated to enroll early in the spring at USC.

Garcia threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns in his debut under Propst.

Propst has won seven state and one national championship during his coaching career at Colquitt County and Hoover High School. Propst hired Jeremy Pruitt at Hoover in 2004.

Rush Propst discusses going into first season at Valdosta

Rush Propst discusses going into first season at Valdosta.

Rush Propst enters his first season as head coach at Valdosta High School in 2020.

Propst returned to the state of Alabama in 2019, serving as volunteer consultant at UAB for his former assistant Bill Clark.

Clark, Jeremy Pruitt (Tennessee), Chip Lindsey (Troy) and John Grass (Jacksonville State) are all former assistants for Propst during his Hoover High School (AL) tenure that are current FBS and FCS head coaches.

Rush Propst’s career by the numbers

  • Ashville High School (1989-93)
  • Eufaula High School (1994-96)
  • Alba High School (1997)
  • Alma Bryant High School (1998)
  • Hoover High School (1999-2007)
  • Colquitt County High School (2008-18)
  • UAB (2019, volunteer consultant)

295-96 career record
139 players signed scholarships at Colquitt County (over 250 total players in career)
1 National championship (2015)
5 AHSAA Class 6A state championships (2000, 2002–2005)
2 GHSA Class 6A state championships (2014–2015: 30-game win streak)

Propst discussed going into his first season at Valdosta on the show “Tennessee Two-A-Days.” The show can be listened to here or below.

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Rush Propst returns to Georgia high school football

Former Colquitt County (Moultrie, Ga) High School football coach Rush Propst is taking over as the new head coach of the Valdosta (GA) High School Wildcats, according to the Valdosta High Twitter account. During Tuesday’s Valdosta Board of Education …

Former Colquitt County (Moultrie, Ga) High School football coach Rush Propst is taking over as the new head coach of the Valdosta (GA) High School Wildcats, according to the Valdosta High Twitter account.

During Tuesday’s Valdosta Board of Education meeting, the board voted 5 to 4 to bring Propst to Valdosta.

While at Alabama’s Hoover High, he was featured in the MTV series “Two-A-Days.” Propst led Hoover to multiple state championships but an extramarital affair and recruiting allegations ended his time at Hoover.

In 2007, he moved to Colquitt and compiled a 119-35 record with two state titles. Prospt was fired last March after allegations of the misuse of school funds for a hotel and concerns about being verbally abusive to an athlete.

Valdosta is home to the winningest high school football program in the country with a record 911 wins. The Wildcats have won six national championships, 24 state championships, and 42 regional championships. Former Georgia lettermen Buck Belue, John Lastinger, Brice Hunter, Malcolm Mitchell, Todd Peterson, Jay Rome and James Eunice all graduated from Valdosta.

Valdosta plays at Colquitt County September 11 of the upcoming season.

Rush Propst named head football coach at Valdosta

Rush Propst named head football coach at Valdosta.

VALDOSTA — Former Colquitt County High School head football coach Rush Propst is headed back to the sidelines.

Propst, who coached at Colquitt County for 12 seasons, did not coach in the high school ranks in 2019.

He did, however, coach at the collegiate level last season, serving as a volunteer assistant at UAB.

Propst also previously coached at Hoover High School in Alabama. There, he won four consecutive state championships in the early to mid-2000’s.

He was approved to be the next head coach at Valdosta on Tuesday night in an online meeting of the Valdosta City School Board. He was approved to coach by a 5-4 vote, which took place after a 30-minute executive session.

His Georgia teaching certificate was also reinstated.

In three decades as a high school coach, Propst has won 295 games and seven state championships in Georgia and Alabama.

At Valdosta, he replaces Alan Rodemaker, who was fired after four seasons, including a 10-3 record in 2019.