Legacy High athletic director, girls basketball coach Russell Hunt to resign

Hunt announced he is resigning from both positions but will finish the season as the girls hoops coach.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 12:00 a.m. December 29, 2024

Sports
High Schools

Russell Hunt, Legacy High’s athletic director and girls basketball coach, has announced that he will step down from his roles.

His last day as AD will be Jan. 6, 2025, but he will remain coach until the end of the season.

“It has been an incredible honor to serve the Hope and Legacy community for the last 12 years in different capacities,” Hunt said. “Additionally, it has been such a rewarding experience to work alongside these coaches, athletes and athletic staff as the Athletic Director over the last four years. The experiences and relationships I’ve built here will stay with me and I am forever grateful for it all.”

Hunt is leaving the school to become the Regional Manager of Community Relations at Lake County-based Step Up for Students, a nonprofit scholarship-funding organization that helps administer scholarships for Florida schoolchildren.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.