Rush Propst has been admitted to a Birmingham-area hospital for COVID and pneumonia, he confirmed to AL.com.
The former coach at Valdosta High and Hoover High and star of Netflix’s “Titletown High” was admitted Wednesday.
In a short text exchange, he noted “it’s not good” and to “please pray.”
Jason Sciavicco, creator and director of “Titletown High,” took to social media asking for prayers for Propst and his family.
The 63-year-old Propst, who also had coaching stops at Colquitt County (Ga.) and Alma Bryant (Alabama), and his career are well documented.
He spent just one year Valdosta, which was chronicled in “Titletown High,” but made headlines as the center of a 64-page deposition in which the former president of the Valdosta Touchdown Club, Michael Nelson, accused Propst of, among other things, taking funds meant to pay for stadium advertising for personal use, instructing Nelson to raise money to pay rent for a pair of high-profile quarterback transfers and interfering in the school’s coaching search.
Propst told AL.com he believed the Netflix docu-drama, which is a coming-of-age story of high school-aged kids who not only deal with the pressure that comes with playing for a charismatic, in-your-face-coach but all the drama that high school has to offer, will “clear some things up” about the scandal leaving the coach without a job.
He is best known for stints at Hoover and Colquitt County, Ga. At Hoover, he led the Bucs to 110 wins and five state championships. He led Colquitt to 119 wins and two state titles. He’s also been head coach at Ashville, Eufaula and Alma Bryant in Alabama.
Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.
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