Andre Peterson, who describes himself as founder and director of Bishop Sycamore, has fired head coach Rob Johnson.
In an interview with WBNS 10TV News, Peterson defended his “school,” saying it is mostly online and doesn’t have a home field.
Peterson said he fired Johnson. He then said the two mutually parted ways. Either way, Johnson is supposedly out of the picture and Peterson claims his “school” isn’t a scam:
One reason behind Johnson’s removal was the poor job of tracking the team’s injuries, Peterson said.
“There were a lot of things played a part in it,” Peterson said.
Not among them was the fact the team played two games in three days, the director said. The fact Johnson recently became aware of a pending fraud charge also prompted the move.
“Roy has honestly been like a little brother to me in the sense that when really we were launching Bishop Sycamore, there were some things that we wanted to do better and could have done better,” said Peterson. “I value him as a person, but I just thought right now he needed to step down, he needed to go. We just decided to mutually part ways.”
So it’s not a firing?
“Yeah, it’s mutual. But he’s no longer head coach, so,” Peterson said.
Whatever you want to call it, Johnson is no longer the coach at Bishop Sycamore. Peterson said a coaches meeting Tuesday afternoon would determine the new head coach.
