Parkway (Bossier City, La.) principal Waylon Bates has relieved David Feaster of his duties as the Panthers head football coach after six seasons.
Feaster, who recently resumed teaching duties, is still employed by the school.
“Coach Feaster and I do not share the same philosophy or vision for Parkway High School athletics,” Bates said in a statement.
Feaster and Parkway recently received national attention for a banishment of Alabama football coaches from Parkway’s campus, although Crimson Tide coaches have been unwelcome for more than one year, as Feaster first told local radio host Tim Fletcher in 2015.
School officials felt Feaster, who tops Parkway’s all-time wins list at 59-17, was “not the spokesperson of Parkway High School.”
Feaster felt Alabama head football coach Nick Saban and his assistants mishandled the recruiting of former Parkway and LSU quarterback Brandon Harris.
“I will never allow Alabama in our field house ever again,” Fester told The Tim Fletcher Show in November of 2015.
The Alabama dust-up came to light again this week when Feaster reiterated his thoughts about Alabama with Fletcher and called Alabama football “unethical” on a Baton Rouge radio station (104.5 FM ESPN).
The current Parkway administration didn’t take kindly to the attention and felt Fester was “undermining” school officials and potentially hurting other Panthers athletes who could be recruited by Alabama.
“Coaches work at the pleasure of the principal and it was the decision of the administration to make a change in Parkway’s football program and go in a different direction,” Scott Smith, superintendent of Bossier Parish Schools said.
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Feaster, who recently resumed teaching duties, is still employed by the school.
“Coach Feaster and I do not share the same philosophy or vision for Parkway High School athletics,” Bates said in a statement.
Feaster and Parkway recently received national attention for a banishment of Alabama football coaches from Parkway’s campus, although Crimson Tide coaches have been unwelcome for more than one year, as Feaster first told local radio host Tim Fletcher in 2015.
School officials felt Feaster, who tops Parkway’s all-time wins list at 59-17, was “not the spokesperson of Parkway High School.”
Feaster felt Alabama head football coach Nick Saban and his assistants mishandled the recruiting of former Parkway and LSU quarterback Brandon Harris.
“I will never allow Alabama in our field house ever again,” Fester told The Tim Fletcher Show in November of 2015.
The Alabama dust-up came to light again this week when Feaster reiterated his thoughts about Alabama with Fletcher and called Alabama football “unethical” on a Baton Rouge radio station (104.5 FM ESPN).
The current Parkway administration didn’t take kindly to the attention and felt Fester was “undermining” school officials and potentially hurting other Panthers athletes who could be recruited by Alabama.
“Coaches work at the pleasure of the principal and it was the decision of the administration to make a change in Parkway’s football program and go in a different direction,” Scott Smith, superintendent of Bossier Parish Schools said.
La. football coach who banned Alabama coaches from campus fired by school | | USA Today High School Sports
