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Puyallup baseball coach Sean Taunt has resigned after a short stint and shaky start that includes a five-game losing streak, The News Tribune has learned.
Multiple sources confirmed Taunt’s resignation Friday, noting the program’s booster club grew frustrated with the team’s losing streak. Taunt has not yet responded to requests for comment, nor has Puyallup High School athletic director Ray Bonnell.
Taunt replaced longtime coach Marc Wiese in the Puyallup dugout this spring. Taunt is a Puyallup grad and played for Wiese from 1998 to 2000, before coaching as an assistant under Wiese from 2002 to 2011. Since 2012, he’s been a coach at PLU, most recently with the Associate Head Coach title.
Wiese retired at the end of last season after 30 seasons coaching the Vikings and building Puyallup into a state powerhouse in Washington, winning 18 consecutive league titles and a pair of state championships in 2014 and 2017.
Puyallup is 5-5 this season and has lost its last five games — two against Emerald Ridge, one to Bonney Lake and two to rival Sumner, including a 10-2 loss to the Spartans on Wednesday.
Puyallup posted a 28-1 record last season and lost in the 4A state tournament semifinals in Yakima.
Puyallup hosts Spanaway Lake at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 10 at the Heritage Recreation Center in South Hill. It’s unclear which assistant will take over for Taunt on an interim basis.
This story will be updated.
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Multiple sources confirmed Taunt’s resignation Friday, noting the program’s booster club grew frustrated with the team’s losing streak. Taunt has not yet responded to requests for comment, nor has Puyallup High School athletic director Ray Bonnell.
Taunt replaced longtime coach Marc Wiese in the Puyallup dugout this spring. Taunt is a Puyallup grad and played for Wiese from 1998 to 2000, before coaching as an assistant under Wiese from 2002 to 2011. Since 2012, he’s been a coach at PLU, most recently with the Associate Head Coach title.
Wiese retired at the end of last season after 30 seasons coaching the Vikings and building Puyallup into a state powerhouse in Washington, winning 18 consecutive league titles and a pair of state championships in 2014 and 2017.
Puyallup is 5-5 this season and has lost its last five games — two against Emerald Ridge, one to Bonney Lake and two to rival Sumner, including a 10-2 loss to the Spartans on Wednesday.
Puyallup posted a 28-1 record last season and lost in the 4A state tournament semifinals in Yakima.
Puyallup hosts Spanaway Lake at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 10 at the Heritage Recreation Center in South Hill. It’s unclear which assistant will take over for Taunt on an interim basis.
This story will be updated.
Continue reading...
