Dereck Rush Talks Conroe Oak Ridge W/Smoaky
Saturday, 21st April 2012 - 6:53PM
(Updated, Tuesday, 7:09pm)

The Conroe I.S.D. school board accepted the recommendation of Dereck Rush as their new head football coach at Oak Ridge High School.

Rush, who informed his team on Tuesday afternoon that he was leaving, was 42-23 in five years at John Tyler.

This marks the first time since Robert E. Lee opened in 1958, that both John Tyler and Lee will have a coaching change in football during the same off-season. Darrell Piske was hired earlier this year to replace Randy Huffstickler at Lee.


In a story we first reported last week on Smoaky.com, John Tyler head football coach Dereck Rush was in Conroe to interview for the opening at Oak Ridge High School.

It's simple math, former Tyler ISD athletic director Danny Long is the athletic director at Conroe ISD, and he hired Rush to rejuvenate the John Tyler football program.

Rush did just that in his 5-years at John Tyler, compiling a record of 42-23, including 35-8 the past three seasons.

According to Carl Padilla at Padilla Poll, Rush will be recommended as the new head coach at Oak Ridge on Tuesday.

David Smoak

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