Justin Alberson
Introduction
Justin Alberson led the baseball program at Green Hill High School in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, for four winning seasons before the Wilson County Schools dismissed him as head coach on October 2, 2026, for insubordination, neglect of duty and unprofessional conduct. The termination, documented in district records Main Street Media of Tennessee obtained through an open records request, directly contradicted the text message Alberson sent a reporter that day announcing he had resigned. In four seasons he compiled a 96-48 record and took Green Hill to its first TSSAA state tournament appearance in 2025.
Background Information
Green Hill High School is one of the largest schools in Wilson County. Per BroBible, the six-year-old school serves grades 9-12 and enrolls about 1,700 students roughly 20 miles east of Nashville. Alberson was the second baseball coach in the school’s short history. His teams won 18 games in his debut season, then a program high, followed with a 27-11 campaign in 2024, and reached three straight Class 4A region championship games from 2023 to 2025. The Hawks qualified for their first state tournament in 2025 and won their opener against Blackman. Alberson coached the entire 2026 season, finishing 19-11 before the Hawks were eliminated in the District 7-4A semifinals by Hendersonville.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Allegations. The claims in this section come from a Wilson County Schools internal investigation, whose sustained findings were recounted in the director’s termination letter. They are employment findings, not criminal charges, and no criminal case was brought. Alberson has publicly characterized his departure as a resignation and has not otherwise answered the findings.
Wilson County Schools Director Travis Mayfield informed Alberson in a letter that he was being fired. The letter outlined multiple sustained allegations from a district investigation the previous month that included interviews with “numerous staff members and students.”
“The investigation showed that you continued to use profanity and had verbal and physical outbursts in front of staff and students,” Mayfield’s letter read. “During some of the outbursts you made physical contact with the students.”
The letter cited specific examples: criticizing a student with medical restrictions and insisting he ignore the restrictions and run the bases while wearing a mitt; grabbing and yanking a player in front of his teammates because he had on earrings; striking his hand on the desk while speaking to a student; calling a student “retarded”; and holding practice in 20-degree weather.
The firing was Alberson’s second written reprimand for improper behavior toward players and coaches in as many years. The first came in October 2025 from then-director Jeff Luttrell after a September 2025 investigation and a meeting involving Green Hill Principal Kevin Dawson and district Human Resources Supervisor Monty Wilson. Its sustained findings included throwing a baseball bat, which Alberson admitted, using profanity in front of players and toward assistant coaches, allowing players to use profanity, and assigning conditioning as punishment for poor practice play and then forgetting the athlete as he kept doing it.
Despite that reprimand, the district received a complaint from a player’s parent in February 2026 about “inappropriate language” and, the month before the firing, a complaint that Alberson was “negatively affecting a student’s well-being and sense of safety.” Alberson refused to sign both the 2025 reprimand and the termination letter.
Public Reaction and Consequences
The district documents, published by Main Street Media of Tennessee on October 8, 2026, upended the account Alberson had given when the split became public. His October 2 text had read: “Effective today I resigned from (being the) head baseball coach at Green Hill High School in order to spend more time with my family and focus on my career in teaching.” BroBible amplified the follow-up, noting the coach “insists he resigned” while the newspaper reported he was fired, and stating in its account that he “attempted to hide the firing by announcing his resignation.” The reporting highlighted the gap between the official record and Alberson’s statement, and left Green Hill needing a new coach before the 2027 season.
Current Status
As of the October 8 reports, Alberson was no longer Green Hill’s head baseball coach, dismissed by a termination letter he declined to sign. He has characterized the departure only as a resignation made to spend more time with his family and focus on his teaching career, and Main Street Media reported attempts to reach him for further comment were unsuccessful. Neither report indicated any criminal proceedings tied to the district’s findings.
Impact on Their Career/Life
The dismissal ended a four-year run in which Alberson went 96-48, reached three consecutive Class 4A region championship games and took Green Hill to its first state tournament. BroBible noted that he will not add to that win total and that the Hawks must find a new coach before the 2027 season. His district file now holds written reprimands in two consecutive years, and a tenure that began as an early success story for a brand-new school ended with sustained findings of profanity, outbursts and physical contact with students.