By: Nick Brockman, The Messenger/nbrockman@the-messenger.com 824-3241
Hopkins County Schools superintendent James Lee Stevens acknowledged Tuesday afternoon that Madisonville-North Hopkins baseball coach Scott Vance will not be retained for next season.
Vance, who guided the Maroon program for seven seasons, directed the team to a 25-10 record in 2009.
Stevens said he talked with Vance on Friday and “sent him the letter on Monday.”
“(Vance) was relieved of his duties as baseball coach at the end of the season,” Stevens said. “He will continue as a teacher in the Hopkins County School system.
“Coaches are employed on a year-to-year basis and after he completed the season, and the number of graduates we had in the baseball program, the administration members of North-Hopkins felt like we needed to go in a new direction and start a rebuilding program.”
During Vance’s tenure, he accumulated a record of 164-83 (.664) and recorded seven 7th District Tournament Championships.
Stevens said it was off-the-field issues that led to relieving Vance, though.
Vance, who guided the Maroon program for seven seasons, directed the team to a 25-10 record in 2009.
Stevens said he talked with Vance on Friday and “sent him the letter on Monday.”
“(Vance) was relieved of his duties as baseball coach at the end of the season,” Stevens said. “He will continue as a teacher in the Hopkins County School system.
“Coaches are employed on a year-to-year basis and after he completed the season, and the number of graduates we had in the baseball program, the administration members of North-Hopkins felt like we needed to go in a new direction and start a rebuilding program.”
During Vance’s tenure, he accumulated a record of 164-83 (.664) and recorded seven 7th District Tournament Championships.
Stevens said it was off-the-field issues that led to relieving Vance, though.
“His success rate has been very successful,” Stevens said. “His baseball knowledge has been very good. It’s just a failure of communications following directions of the KHSAA and school board procedures.”
After listening to the North administration, Stevens made the ultimate ruling.
“That’s not a board decision, it’s a personnel action, which is taken by the superintendent,” he said. “Basically, there had been discussion since the beginning of the baseball season with the school administration of Madisonville-North and basically, based upon the recommendation of the information that was provided to me by those people, I made the decision.”
Vance declined to comment, but did offer he would discuss the “entire and whole story after speaking with some legal representation.”
After listening to the North administration, Stevens made the ultimate ruling.
“That’s not a board decision, it’s a personnel action, which is taken by the superintendent,” he said. “Basically, there had been discussion since the beginning of the baseball season with the school administration of Madisonville-North and basically, based upon the recommendation of the information that was provided to me by those people, I made the decision.”
Vance declined to comment, but did offer he would discuss the “entire and whole story after speaking with some legal representation.”
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