EVERETT — In a reshuffling of Cascade High School’s coaching structure for cross country and track and field, Steve Bertrand will serve as an assistant coach for both programs, the school district said Friday in a press release.
The release also announced the hiring of Bill Hull as the head coach for the cross country program. Hull has 26 years experience as a cross country coach, both as a head coach and as an assistant, the district said in the release. Hull teaches fitness at Cascade.
Bertrand agreed to stay on as an assistant coach with the track and field program after resigning as its head coach, according to the release.
In a meeting with Everett School District and Cascade High officials in December, Bertrand was told his coaching contract for cross country would not be renewed, ending a 35-year run at the helm of the Bruin program.
The move sparked an outpouring of support for Bertrand, and nearly 100 community members turned out for a Jan. 13 school board meeting to voice their displeasure with the decision.
That meeting ended without any action being taken.
In the release, Bertrand thanked Cascade and district officials before saying, “I am pleased that I will be able to continue to work with kids. I am very appreciative and humbled by the support from this community, and I look forward to years of continued service.”
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