Seattle high school coach sent players to find him dates

BY Chris Sullivan  on March 8, 2013 @ 6:00 am (Updated: 10:42 am - 3/11/13 )

It wasn't the wind-sprints or excessive infield practice that got a Seattle high school softball coach kicked off the job. It was his making his players troll for dates.

Just six days into his new gig as softball coach at Roosevelt High, 25-year-old Troy Hennum has been put on unpaid leave.

The Seattle Times reports his players weren't shagging flies they were finding dates. They were sent during practice to find cute girls that he might date. He wanted pictures and phone numbers too.

Hennum started a texting relationship with a 21 year old his players had found. Eventually she started getting creeped-out and called the school.

This is the second time Hennum has been investigated for this type of behavior. He was disciplined at Lake Washington High last year for sending texts to a player.

Chris Sullivan, KIRO Radio Reporter
Chris loves the rush of covering breaking news and works hard to try to make sense of it all while telling stories about real people in extraordinary circumstances.
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  • shark75 wrote...
    Hey great idea for finding young hot tail.
    March 8, 2013 7:35 am
    WEIRDO.
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  • TwoTrees wrote...
    This is a total Michael Scott move.
    March 8, 2013 7:45 am
    tt.
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  • Lonestar wrote...
    They were shagging all right
    March 8, 2013 8:30 am
    More than fly balls. I will stop now. Too many double-entendre possibilities.
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  • Salanth wrote...
    Nasty.
    March 9, 2013 12:29 pm
    That's really skeezy and inappropriate. Asking students into your personal life? Ew.
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