Contract Not Renewed?
From the Farmington Daily Times
FARMINGTON ?[/B] On Tuesday, Piedra Vista High School Athletic Department officials recommended that head wrestling coach Levi Stout's contract not be renewed.
Stout, who took the job in 2007, has led the Panthers to four straight 4A state championships from 2011 through 2014.
Farmington Municipal Schools Superintendent Janel Ryan and Piedra Vista Athletic Director Kelly Thur on Wednesday declined to comment on the matter.
"Because it's a personnel matter, I can't provide any comment," Ryan said.
Stout's lawyer Sarah Weaver said he plans to appeal the decision.
"We will follow the policy and procedures to ensure that the resolution of the coaching contract of coach Stout is fair," said Weaver, whose son, Wyatt, was a junior on the team this past season.
In a letter, Piedra Vista noted seven incidents during Stout's tenure as cause for the non-renewal, including three stemming from the team's trip to Reno, Nev., for the Sierra Nevada Classic this past season.
The letter states that during the trip, students did not travel in school approved vehicles per district policy, students traveled with parents other than their own and that Stout was the registered owner of the vehicles.
It also states that ineligible students wrestled for Piedra Vista in the tournament, one of whom scored team points.
Other allegations listed included questions related to the recruiting of a wrestler in 2010, violating the eighth-grade policy pertaining to Stout's presence at a middle school wrestling event in 2011, sending a derogatory tweet about an opposing student athlete from his Twitter account in 2012, and allowing the illegal participation of two eighth-grade students who were deemed not to reside in the Piedra Vista attendance zone in 2013.
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