By Lacie Pierson, Charleston Gazette-Mail
LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice won’t add another head coaching job to his resume. The Greenbrier Board of Education rejected a motion to hire the governor to lead the Greenbrier East High School boys basketball team.
Board members rejected the recommendation from Superintendent Jeff Bryant to hire Justice in a 3-2 vote during a meeting Monday morning at the Kyle and Ann Fort Arts and Science Building, on the Lewisburg campus of New River Community and Technical College.
The vote brings to an end a contentious two-week period of the board considering whether to give the boys basketball coaching job to Justice. The governor already is Greenbrier East’s girls basketball coach.
Justice used the last minutes of his regular COVID-19 briefing on Monday to respond to the board’s vote, saying “everyone unanimously recommended me for the job.” He said the board’s vote “came down with just that ugliness of personal preference or political preference.” …
