Rock Springs head football coach David Hastings has resigned after five years leading the Tigers.
News reports from Sweetwater Now, Wyo4News and the Rock Springs Rocket-Miner said Hastings resigned and “looks forward to the new transition in his life and career.”
Rock Springs AD Tom Jassman said via email Wednesday morning that a replacement had not yet been named. He said a hire would be sought for “the time that is needed to establish an effective hire for the program.”
Hastings did not immediately reply to an email sent by wyoming-football.com on Tuesday seeking more details.
Hastings went 21-29 in his five seasons with the Tigers. The team’s best season came in 2016, when Rock Springs went 8-3 and reached the Class 4A semifinals, securing the program’s first winning season since 2003 in the process. Rock Springs was 3-7 last season.
Hastings was previously the head coach for programs at Lehi, Utah, and Sugar-Salem, Idaho.
Other Class 4A programs seeking new coaches for 2019 include Gillette and Kelly Walsh. Additionally, programs at Glenrock, Lovell and Wyoming Indian either are searching or have found a new coach for the 2019 season. If you know of other head coaching changes statewide, please email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.
–patrick
Updated 9:38 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, with comment from Jassman.
Patrick–I see Rocky Mountain high school is looking for a coach–saw the employment ad in the Greybull Standard—FYI
Hi Steve, I looked into this and heard from Rocky Mountain that they’re looking for a middle school coach, not a high school coach. But thanks for the heads up!
–patrick
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