Steve Vinyard, being escorted around the halls of the Gallatin County Schools in February 2010 when he was let go.
HARRISBURG—The Harrisburg school board, a couple of nights ago, approved a hire that they’d gotten rid of a couple of years ago and that Gallatin County Schools only just got rid of in 2010.
Hired as a track coach at Harrisburg earlier this week is Steve Vinyard, who was let go from Gallatin County Schools in February 2010 because of allegations of inappropriate behavior toward young (7th-8th grade girls) students.
He was let go from Harrisburg a couple of years prior because of the same allegations.
However, he’s apparently a darling amongst the sports types there at Harrisburg High School, the kind of folks who put up with Jay Thompson’s business last year, which caused its own scandal at the school.
And speaking of scandal, plenty of it surrounds Vinyard, who’s been alleged—by people who know him, as well as people who know his sisters—that he has some seriously unhealthy appetites when it comes to more carnal things. We’ll stop right there, as these people don’t wish to be identified and if we say anymore, it’s possible they will be. There are some in Harrisburg who believe secrets can be kept; so we’ll let them keep believing it. But we know. And it’s only a matter of time before everyone else does, too…especially if Steve keeps getting teat jobs despite the public sentiment against such a thing.
We’ve heard that school superintendent Dennis Smith was very much against the hire of Vinyard as track coach; however, we’ve not been able to reach Smith for comment since we learned of this yesterday.
More as we get it; keep checking back.