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Ex-Hoover coach to take over at Colquitt Co.Propst, star of MTV reality show, left Alabama power amid controversy

By Todd Holcomb

The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionPublished on: 01/29/08

Rush Propst, the hard-driving football coach from the MTV series "Two-A-Days: Hoover High," will be named the head coach of Colquitt County High in Moultrie today.
Propst won five Alabama state titles in nine seasons at Hoover, a school outside of Birmingham. The MTV reality show made celebrities of Hoover players and supporters and especially Propst, known for his salty pep talks and Southern drawl.

Propst resigned from Hoover on Oct. 31 amid controversy but finished the season, which ended in a second-round playoff loss."There's nothing more we could've done at Hoover," Propst said. "We took the school to the pinnacle of high school sports in this country. ... I wanted to get back to my country roots. I'm a country boy from Alabama, and I've coached and lived in rural areas most of my life."

Propst said he liked the challenge of Region 1-AAAAA, which he called "one of the toughest this country has."When you talk about Valdosta, Lowndes, Colquitt County, Northside, Warner Robins, they know where that is. That's what excites me about this job — the traditions of these South Georgia towns."