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Changes afoot at Bellevue …

Posted by [email=rernst@enquirer.com]rernst[/email] 01/03/11, 11:13 am

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Bellevue principal Mike Wills said Monday that football coach Russ Shearer informed him he would meet with the team to tell them he’s leaving the program.
“He’s indicated to me that he is going to seek other opportunities,” said Wills. ”But he hasn’t officially resigned and he hasn’t been fired. …
I didn’t pull him in for one year just to can him.”
Shearer, a former college assistant, led the Tigers to a 5-7 record in his only season at the school. Bellevue lost in the second round of the Class 1A state tournament.
Wills said the hiring process won’t begin until he gets an official resignation from Shearer.
“My hands are kind of tied at this time,” he said. ”Football has been one of our most successful programs in my tenure, so it’s not something we take lightly.”