Shane RobersonAfter just a year on the job, Shane Roberson has stepped aside as baseball coach at Hixson High School.
“He got one of those opportunities of a lifetime,” Hixson athletic director Brian Bray said. “You can’t fault a man for wanting to better his family’s situation, and chances like this probably only come around once in your life.”
State Farm offered Roberson the opportunity to enter the insurance field and open his own agency. His last day of school was Friday, and he will begin classes in his new field almost immediately.
“I don’t want anybody to think I’m just walking away from these kids,” Roberson said. “I felt we did a lot of good things and that the team got better from the beginning of the season to the end. This is just too good an opportunity to pass up.”
Said Bray: “He and the team made progress. I was pleased. He had more players out and he had a junior varsity program for the first time in a couple of years. Wins and losses wasn’t the important issue. We were competitive in 90-95 percent of our games.”