Huntsville coach ‘on leave’

Huntsville boys basketball coach Grant Myrick has been placed on leave, but he is still an employee with the school district.

“All I can tell you right now is that he is on leave,” Huntsville athletic director Tom McCullough said Wednesday. “He is still employed, but he is on leave right now.”

Assistant boys basketball coach River Gosvener, who was a star player at Huntsville, has been coaching the Eagles in Myrick’s absence, McCullough said. Gosvener was a coach at Rogers High School last year before returning to his hometown this season.

“We hired him this year to coach junior high and seventh grade,” said McCullough. “He has stepped in and taken that role right now. He’s great. We’re glad to have him.”

The Eagles are 4-0 and are scheduled to host Siloam Springs on Friday before opening 4A-1 Conference play on Dec. 9 at Farmington.