Morristown filled major vacancies in the high school athletic department as the new school year quickly approaches.

The Shelby Eastern school board approved Yellow Jackets assistant boys basketball coach Collin McCartt as the new head coach.  McCartt fills the vacancy left by the departure of Scott McClelland to Noblesville.

McCartt has been an assistant for the program for the last two seasons.  He has been a head coach at North Putnam, Morgan Township and Prairie Heights.

Meanwhile, Eric Screeton joins Morristown as its new athletic director.  Screeton comes to Morristown from Manchester High School where he’s been AD for three years after years in the classroom as a social studies and PE teacher.

Austen Clark was approved as the new Morristown soccer coach. He is a 2007 MHS graduate, served in the Marine Corps from 2007-2017, and has various backgrounds of soccer experience. He has been the assistant soccer coach the last three years.