Singletary uses drastic tactics in his first game as interim coach

With the 49ers losing to Seattle 20-3 at halftime, Singletary shocked his players by dropping his trousers during a halftime speech.

Ferris High hoops coach put on leave

Ferris High School boys basketball coach Don Van Lierop, whose teams have won two straight state championships, has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation of inappropriate conduct. Spokane police say a student has accused Van Lierop of inappropriate contact. Further details have not been released.

Coach Accused Of Abusing Player Wins Pats Award

The New England Patriots have named a coach accused of abusing a player as the team’s “Coach of the Week.” Marblehead High School football coach Doug Chernovetz was honored by the Pats last week for leading the Magicians to their first winning season since 1992. The problem is the Patriots reportedly didn’t know Chernovetz is facing a civil complaint from a former player who claims the coach assaulted and intimidated him. 

College Pitcher Says Coach Made Him Kneel in Front of Pitching Machine for Punishment

Hello there, and welcome to the “Holy Crap I Hope This Isn’t True” Department post of the day. You see, Shawn Rider, a pitcher for the Bevill State Community College in Sumilton, Alabama, has accused his coach of forcing him to kneel and take 80 and 90 mph fastballs to the chest as punishment for providing a false excuse for his absence at practice.

Study: Black coach numbers lowest in 15 years

 Days after the election of the country’s first black president, a study shows the number of African-American coaches in major college football is the lowest in 15 years. With the recent dismissals of Ty Willingham at Washington and Ron Prince at Kansas State, the number of black head coaches in the 119-school NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision was reduced to four

Boys tennis coach of the Year: East Lansing’s Erik Anderson

When Erik Anderson arrived at East Lansing last year for his first season as the boys tennis coach, one of his top objectives was to get his players to buy into the concept of team tennis.

Coach stipends vary among schools

At Arlington, it’s not uncommon to find Patchett mowing the football field or painting the yard lines. He has five paid assistants and no volunteer coaches. A fifth-year coach, Patchett makes $6,491 this year as a coaching stipend on top of his $51,921 salary as a teacher.

Based on a survey of the largest 20 high schools in the Indianapolis area with football programs, Ben Davis doles out the most money on coaching stipends for its head coach and assistants. Kirschner, 47, is paid a stipend of $12,627 this season, on top of his $75,448 annual salary as a business teacher.

New information about ET coach arrested for soliciting sex with minor

KLTV 7 has learned new information of a solicitation arrest involving a minor that landed an East Texas coach behind bars. The New Diana coach and teacher is accused of sending a 15-year old Union Hill student text messages to meet for sex.

39 year old John Tiger is charged with online solicitation and is currently in an Upshur County jail on $500,000 bond. Tiger was arrested Saturday. KLTV 7’s LaKecia Shockley has more on how the girl’s mother helped officers make the arrest.

Former swim coach arrested again on child porn charge

More accusations have been made against Jeffrey Steven Woodyard, who was head coach of Nansemond Swim Club in northern Suffolk. Woodyard was arrested Aug. 8, two additional victims have emerged, Suffolk city spokeswoman Debbie George said. The boys, ages 15 and 16, both received text messages that encouraged them to send inappropriate photos to Woodyard.

In Our Backyard: San Leandro football mom does it all

YOU’VE HEARD of soccer moms, and more recently, hockey moms. But Lisa Giles is a far more unusual species — a football mom so in love with the game and the kids who play it that she found her way to the sidelines as a coach.

Giles has been assistant for six years with the San Leandro Crusaders Pop Warner league, coaching boys age 8-10 at the junior pee-wee division (ages 8-10). She doesn’t just hand out halftime snacks, either. She runs drills, calls plays, dissects film and dishes out discipline with the best of her male comrades.

Court hears about threesomes with Frost

In the back page of her diary, Kristy Boyer kept a sexual intercourse score sheet. As many might attest, if being honest, this is not particularly odd. And over the five months or so she “dated” a junior hockey player, the couple apparently did very little besides hang out in a motel room, watch videos and shag. “Mostly we would just have sex. I guess we had a lot of sex.” On January 26, 1997, the then 16-year-old wrote: 3 times minus 1. That meant she’d had sex thrice that night, twice with her boyfriend and once with his coach. The latter was a sum negative, as far as the girl was concerned, portrayed in this confidential memo as something of a self-assessed penalty.

H.S. Soccer Coach Makes History

The coach of Needham High’s school soccer team earned himself a special honor this week. Don Brock won the 600th game of his career Monday night after his Rockets kicked their way to a win past Braintree.

Soccer coach held for assault on player, 13

A Littleton soccer coach was arrested Friday and charged with sexually assaulting one of his female players.

Stephen Martin Myers, 45, was being held Monday on $250,000 bail at the Jefferson County Jail. He was advised Monday of the charges: one count of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust and one count of kidnapping. His next court date is Thursday.

Criticism hits home for Dallas Cowboys coach’s son

In the last two weeks, critics like me have scrutinized every decision Wade Phillips has made. He’s been criticized in the newspaper. And on sports talk radio. And on Internet message boards. He’s stripped Brian Stewart, his hand-picked defensive coordinator, of most of his play-calling duties. And it’s only going to get more intense around here if the Cowboys don’t figure out a way to beat Tampa Bay today and end their two-game losing streak. But if you think the last couple of weeks have been hard on the head coach, it has been worse on his son, 29-year-old Wes, who’s an assistant with the Cowboys.

Md. cheerleader coach back in court to make case

The head of a Hagerstown cheerleading club for kids as young as 2 is scheduled to return to court Tuesday to defend herself against charges she held an illegal gambling event.

Prosecutors contend 35-year-old Anna Miles organized an unlicensed bingo-and-tip-jar event in 2006, and used $2,000 of the proceeds to repay a mother who had bailed her out of jail in 2005.

Pair Honored for Saving Coach’s Life

Coach Mike Martin, the Warner Robins Middle School coach who was struck by lightning, credits two people for saving his life. Monday night, the Warner Robins City Council honored Robin Coy and Danny Williams for their efforts. Coy says her bravery might not have happened without Williams’ guidance.
Warner Robins firefighter and E.M.T. Danny Williams saves lives for a living. But on that September day at the Bonaire field, he didn’t come with his equipment. He came to watch his stepson play.

Favre told King he did not coach the Lions

Brett Favre told King that he did not give the Lions any strategy before their game against the Packers. And King heard from someone inside Detroit’s organization that it didn’t happen as FOX’s Jay Glazer’s reported.

Ball player’s dad in court on charges of assaulting son’s coach

A Granger High School football player’s father, accused of hitting his son’s assistant coach in the face with a helmet and breaking the man’s jaw, made his first appearance in 3rd District Court Thursday on a second-degree felony aggravated assault charge.  Tumua Fagota Siaumau, 46, of Anchorage, Alaska, was appointed a public defender by Judge Robert Faust during Thursday’s hearing.

Former coach Frost told teen player to have sex with girl: Crown

More details of alleged interactions between David Frost, his players and teenage girls emerged in an Ontario courtroom on Wednesday as lawyers sparred over what evidence should be permitted at the former NHL agent and hockey coach’s ongoing sexual exploitation trial.

Crown lawyer Melanie Adams said it is expected that the court will hear about an alleged incident in which Frost told a player to have sex with a girl. Evidence should show that when the player got angry and asked why, Frost allegedly told him, “Because I told you to,” Adams said.

Johnson & Wales coach denies sexual assault charges

An assistant coach of the Johnson & Wales men’s basketball team arrested Sunday on charges that he sexually battered a student in a campus dorm room says he has been falsely accused. North Miami police say Anthony Eugene Johnson, 28, assaulted a student in a dorm room around 11:25 Sunday night .According to an arrest report, Johnson, of Hallandale Beach, went with the victim into a room in the Palm Gardens dorms, 1740 NE 125th St., and proceeded to assault her.

Coach struck by lightning returns to field for final game of season

On a sun-drenched afternoon beneath a clear blue sky, coach Mike Martin was back on the football field.

Five weeks to the day since being struck by lightning during halftime of a middle school football game, Martin returned to the sidelines at Bonaire Middle School.

Coach must write a letter of apology

West Port High football coach Jim Lindsey must write a letter of apology to one of his players in the wake of an incident last week where he allegedly slammed one of his players to the ground during a practice drill.

School District spokesman Kevin Christian said late Thursday that Lindsey will also be forced to undergo coaching classes, a specific course that will teach leadership skills and how to deal with players.

Coach’s appeal to lead prayers a worthy case for high court

East Brunswick High School football coach Marcus Borden has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if he is free to take a knee in prayer with his players. May he be heard.

No Criminal Charges Filed Against Former Reagan County Coach

New details involving an investigation a teacher-student relationship in Big Lake. The Sheriff’s Department tells NewsWest Nine, no criminal charges have been filed. According to Superintendent Marshall Harrison, an internal investigation began one week ago. The district’s legal council uncovered inappropriate text messages between softball coach January Blackwell and a 16-year-old student.

Police: Coach abused teen

A former Freemansburg Bethlehem Township Athletic Association youth baseball coach faces charges that he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy, police said Tuesday.

Daniel Schaefer, 43, of the 3600 block of Meadow Lane in the township, allegedly abused the boy over a six-month period at Schaefer’s home. The two are acquainted.

No indictment for ex-coach

A Hinds County grand jury has refused to indict former Raymond High School football coach Vince Granberry, who was accused of misconduct involving a student.

Volunteer Coach Arrested On Marijuana Charge

A volunteer assistant football coach at Hernando High School was arrested Friday night on a charge of possession of marijuana, according to a release from Brooksville police.

Walter S. Truzack, 23, of Brooksville, was issued a notice to appear in court for fewer than 20 grams of marijuana, the release states.

Cheerleading Coach shown in party photo

A party photograph of the Chaparral High School cheer coach posted on a Scottsdale gossip website triggered an internal investigation by the Scottsdale Unified School District.School district officials say they took the action after receiving an anonymous tip about the photo which was posted on the gossip website DirtyScottsdale.com. The photo showed cheer coach, Shelley Singer at a party with her daughter. In the picture, Singer is seen sitting next to her daughter who is holding a beer can. Singer’s daughter is said to be 18 years old, according to the website.

Tom Powers: Fans’ justifiable hatred of Vikings coach Brad Childress runs deep

Tough crowd at the Metrodome for Sunday’s Vikings contest. They heard Brad Childress likes to sit in the whirlpool to relax after games so they took up a collection and bought him a couple of bath toys: a toaster and a laptop. Hey, Childress is so unpopular right now the surgeon general offered him a cigarette. Several ladies invited him to join their bridge club, then told him he was scheduled to jump on Thursday. I tell ya, he don’t get no respect.

The anti-Childress mob is out in full force. I’ve never seen such discontent after two consecutive victories. This shows that there is some deep-seated resentment. It goes beyond simple disappointment that the Kick-Ass Offense turned out to be more of a Butt-Nudger Offense.

Retired Highlands athletic director honored

Fresh off successful high school and college football careers, Tarentum’s Chris Warriner was wanted by the Steelers. But in 1952, Warriner knew he was facing another draft — from the military. To exercise some control over his destiny, rather than wait to be drafted, Warriner enlisted in the Army. He served for two years, including 10 months in Korea. “Over there, you don’t think of anything but coming back alive,” said Warriner, 78, of Harrison.

Hearing put off for coach named in sex case

A Friday court hearing for a Piner High School junior varsity girls soccer coach accused of sexual misconduct was rescheduled to Oct. 30 after he posted bail and was released from Sonoma County Jail. Richard Alexander Vives, 42, was booked into jail earlier this week on three felony charges: two counts of oral copulation with a minor and one count of sexual penetration with a minor. None of the charges alleges force.

NJ baseball coach indicted in sexual misconduct

A Monmouth County grand jury has indicted a former high school baseball coach, charging him with 12 counts of child endangerment following an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct. Bartholomew “Bart” McInerney, 42, of Spring Lake Heights, was arrested in November 2007 after authorities said he engaged in sexually explicit conversations with two teenage boys, encouraging them to masturbate.

Coach is charged with raping baby sitter

A New Bedford youth baseball coach and father of four children was charged yesterday with raping his 14-year-old baby sitter at least twice, once within the last week, police said. David Coderre, a 29-year-old assistant manager at the Wal-Mart in Abington, was arraigned in New Bedford District Court yesterday on two counts of rape of a child and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14. He pleaded not guilty, and was ordered held on $50,000 cash bail.

Roland Ortmayer

Roland Ortmayer died today, and a little bit of what’s great about college sports passed with him.”Ort” was a legend in small-college athletics, gently guiding and teaching life lessons over parts of six decades at what is now La Verne University. He was La Verne’s football coach for 43 of his 91 years, his teams winning about half the time even though he never cut a player, rarely recruited and didn’t require attendance at practice.No practice, you say? Well, that went right along with him not having a playbook, either.Ort was hired by La Verne as football and baseball coach back in 1948. By the time he retired in 1991, he’d also run the basketball and track and field programs and served as athletic director in addition to teaching an annual summer course called “When Lewis and Clark Met the Mountains” — a month-long expedition of kayaking, rafting, canoeing and discussing historical journals while camping.

Saban Shows His Value at Alabama

That is what the Crimson Tide got 20 months ago when it made Nick Saban college football’s first $4 million head coach. The deal initially was viewed as excessive by some critics, but now almost everyone, from business professors to former and current players to folks at the campus bookstore, seems to think Alabama is getting plenty of bang for its buck.

Minnesota coach named state’s most eligible bachelor

When it comes to good-looking single guys, a University of Minnesota basketball coach stands tall above the rest. Steve Goodson, 25, has been named Cosmopolitan magazine’s most eligible bachelor in Minnesota and will represent the state in magazine’s 2008 Bachelor of the Year contest.

Sunrise: Report: Coach was deportee

Delroy D. Green, the high school soccer coach arrested on a marijuana possession charge last week, is a deportee who returned to this country illegally, according to an arrest report released Monday. Green has been a soccer coach at Chaminade-Madonna Preparatory School in Hollywood since 2003, Principal Gloria Ramos said. The school didn’t know of his immigration problems, she said. 

Ex-coach gets probation in attempted sex assault

Former Central High School girls basketball coach and business teacher Matthew Lindholm was sentenced Monday to five years intensive probation after previously pleading guilty to a felony charge of attempted sexual assault of a student during the 2007 school year. He must also register as a sex offender. Lindholm, 33, confessed to kissing and fondling a 14-year-old female student who played basketball. Read more here.

Video: Football coach accused of shoving 11-year-old

Parents of an 11-year-old are outraged after the boy was allegedly shoved by the coach of an opposing football team. The incident was captured on videotape. Wesley Deavenport was not harmed in the incident, but his father says it is nothing short of poor sportsmanship and assault on a minor. See the video. 

The coach, in an interview with television station KSDK, said he thought the boy, who played for the opposing team, was being unsportsmanlike, and he shoved him as he would any other player who got out of line, including his own son. “One of the kids coming at me was saying ‘you suck’ and coming at our players,” Tony Warneke told the St. Louis station. “When he got close, he said, ‘You blanking suck.’ And I reached out and shoved him and said, ‘Knock it off now.’ More here.

Coach’s prison term tossed

A Sonoma County judge has overturned an unusually severe prison sentence for a former Sonoma Valley wrestling coach convicted in 2003 of sex acts with underage girls, ruling the coach received inadequate advice from his attorney about the potential punishment. Jonathan Johnson, now 26, was convicted of 43 counts involving consensual sex acts with girls ages 13 to 16 when he was 18 to 20 years old. Johnson was sentenced to two consecutive 15-to-life sentences with two dozen other 15-to-life convictions to run concurrently. Read it here.

Former Metamora Coach Indicted

A former Metamora teacher and coach was indicted Tuesday by the Peoria County Grand Jury for allegedly having sex with a female student. Stephen Chromik is a former soccer coach. Prosecutors claim Chromik had sex with a female student last May. School officials say Chromik resigned over the summer. He is charged with criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse. He will enter a plea Thursday. Read it here.

Judge increases bail for tennis coach

A veteran tennis coach accused of sexually molesting young female students had his bail increased Tuesday after an additional charge was filed. Henry John Germain, 62, of Dublin had his $1.08 million bail raised by $60,000 by Judge Hugh Walker on Tuesday after a 16th molestation count was brought against him on Friday. Read it here.

Popular Coach, Teacher Killed in Weekend Crash

Tuesday morning grief counselors will again be on hand to help students at a Jackson’s Bailey Magnet School deal with the death of a popular teacher and coach who died in a weekend car crash. Charles Rosser was killed Saturday night. Police say the car Rosser was driving ran head on into an SUV in Jackson near the Elton Park apartment complex off I-55. Read it here.

Coach texted sex pictures, police say

A Middletown youth basketball coach accused of text messaging pornographic photographs to a 15-year-old boy who was on his team says he believes his son did it. Middletown police disagree, charging Jamie E. Pugh, 37, of Middletown, with corruption of minors and disseminating explicit sexual material to a minor. Pugh, free on $10,000 recognizance bond, faces a preliminary hearing Oct. 29 before District Judge David H. Judy.Read it here.

Former Texas Southern coach sues school

Former Texas Southern women’s basketball coach Surina Dixon filed a lawsuit Monday against the school, alleging gender discrimination and retaliation in her firing in June. Dixon was hired in March by interim athletic director Johnnie Cole and school president John Rudley. She was fired in June by new athletic director Charles McClelland. In the lawsuit filed in federal court, Dixon alleges that she was retaliated against after she complained about gender discrimination and advocated for gender equity. The lawsuit says Dixon was offered a one-year contract at $75,000 while new men’s basketball coach Tony Harvey was given a five-year contract at $150,000 a year. Read it here.

North Brunswick soccer coach pleads guilty

A 31-year-old North Brunswick High School history teacher and girls’ soccer coach is facing five years in prison after admitting he fondled a 17-year-old female student.

Matthew Engelson of Carver Place in Lawrenceville pleaded guilty Friday to a count of child endangerment, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan. Read it here.

When parents attack

A Sharonville man is facing an assault charge after allegedly punching a high school football coach at a local school over the weekend.  It’s a story you saw first on Good Morning Tri-State.  Montgomery Police say it happened at Sycamore Junior High School Saturday morning. It is not clear whether the alleged incident was after a game or a practice, if either.  It is also not known what the dispute was over.

38-year-old Michael Smith is facing a felony assault charge.  He allegedly pushed Hank Ray into a fence, and struck him in the jaw. Read it here.

S. Fayette middle school coach resigns over e-mail

South Fayette Superintendent Linda Hippert today is sending parents a letter about a middle school football coach who sent an “inappropriate” e-mail to about 16 people.

Dr. Hippert said she was contacted last week by parents and staff about the e-mail, which came from an account outside the school district used by the coach, Peter Schepis. She described the e-mail as containing “a narrative as well as pictures taken on school property, one of which was inappropriate.” Read it here.

Teacher’s aide convicted in teen rape case: Basketball coach fathered minor’s child

A former Spokane middle school teacher’s aide who fathered a child with a teenage girl faces about a year in prison after a jury convicted him Tuesday of third-degree rape of a child. Police arrested Titus V. Epefanio, 31, in September 2006 in connection with a relationship he had with a former Shadle Park High School student after a lawyer representing the teen in the ex-couple’s child custody dispute contacted police. Read it here.

Florida coach says using profanity got him fired

The first coach of Ave Maria University’s men’s basketball team says he’s been fired because he used profanity. Ricky Benitez says he was fired Tuesday because he used profanity in a scrimmage. Athletic director Brian Scanlan confirmed that Benitez is no longer the team’s coach, but declined to elaborate, citing privacy rules. Read it here.