December 6, 2019

Harvey returns as Yough softball coach

By Mon Valley Independent

By Bill Beckner Jr.

Trib Total Media

Yough was in Dutch so it brought “Dutch” back.

Art “Dutch” Harvey has returned to lead the Cougars softball program, which he had run until June when he resigned.

He had been the coach for six seasons but decided to go in a different direction. That direction became a U-turn when Yough’s position could not be filled.

Kelsey Kuhns was hired in October, but resigned after less than a month on the job to take a full-time teaching position at West Allegheny.

Harvey, meantime, was thinking about taking root elsewhere. He applied for the Latrobe opening but did so with a curious eye toward Yough’s situation. He withdrew his name from Latrobe and reapplied at Yough.

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