| County schools back out of coaching hire
Dustin Edward McCollister, who was recently
considered for an assistant coaching position for the Loudon High
School baseball team, will not be in the dugout this coming season.
McCollister, 30, of Lenoir City, was approved by
Loudon County Board of Education at the Nov. 9 meeting to be a coach
pending a positive background check.
Director of Schools Jason Vance said after
reviewing McCollister’s background, Vance decided to stop the
hire.
“The baseball coach had brought him to my
attention and wanted to employ him as a baseball coach,” Vance
said. “Typically, we do a background check, and I’ll present it
to the board. We had presented him to the board — the board had
approved him pending a good background check, and so the Friday
after the board meeting I got a background check, I reviewed it
and I decided not to enter into a contractual obligation with
him. So in essence he’s never worked for Loudon County Schools
at all.”
McCollister was charged Monday with public
intoxication and has since been released on $1,000 bond.
The arrest came after Lenoir City Police
Officer Jeremy Dishner was called to a local grocery store
over concern of an intoxicated person. McCollister was in
the restroom.
“Upon contact, Mr. McCollister had slurred
speech, was unsteady on his feet and admitted to consuming
alcohol while in the store,” Dishner wrote in a report. “Mr.
McCollister also advised he was prescribed Bunavail, which
is an opioid blocker.”
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12/4/17