Rumors have been swirling that Scott Rast, the former Battery Creek baseball coach and current science teacher at BC, has accepted a coaching position at Beaufort High School.
Not true.
I talked to the man in question Thursday and even he was wondering what brought about this speculation.
"I've been hearing this rumor for quite a while, but I wish somebody would tell me something," Rast said with a laugh. "I have put my name out there to get back into coaching again and have talked to some prospective schools around the area, but nothing has been offered to me or accepted by me."
Maybe it was the sight of Rast at several BHS baseball games this season ("I live close to Beaufort High, so I went to some of their games").
Maybe it's his close relationship with BHS coach Brook Dixon ("I talk with Brook a lot, but our conversations are about how to improve baseball here in Beaufort County and how to get the kids more involved.").
Or maybe people are looking for some answers after Rast's abrupt resignation during the first week of spring practice ("I'm not in the position to comment on Creek baseball. It's not my program anymore. I just happened to lead the program for nine seasons and raised the program with a lot of help.").
Rast did say that the list of "prospective schools" does include BHS, but he made it clear that IF a position does open up, he would only want to be an assistant to Dixon.
As it stands, Rast recently signed a contract to continue teaching at Creek next year, and while the urge to coach baseball still remains, whatever opportunities that might come will have to be what's best for his wife and 3 kids as well.
"I'm looking to get back into coaching, but I'm also looking at things differently now than I was nine years ago when I first got here," Rast said. "I gotta do what's best for my family.
"I'm still coaching...I'm just coaching my kids right now."