But the player testified that Wattley told him that if he walked out, he couldnt come back. "Black Hebrew Israelites consider themselves Jews; I also consider them to be a Black religionbearing many of the markers of African American spirituality," she said. CANTON, Ohio The head football coach at an Ohio high school and six other coaches there have been ousted after a football player said he was . The attorney for that Canton McKinley football player made wild accusations of anti-Semitism that caused these coaches to be terminated, lose their jobs and be smeared in the local,. "The idea was, 'Okay young man, you're so special? In a letter shared with 3News Investigator Rachel Polansky, Canton City Schools informed Wattley of his placement on administrative leave on Wednesday. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. It was along those lines, and the kid knew he was being disciplined. HENDERSON, Nev. Growing up in Canton, Josh McDaniels vividly remembers seeing stenciled helmets painted on the double-yellow lines on his way to McKinley High School. (Former St. Vincent-St. Mary head coach Dan) Boarman showed me a lot, how to take care of kids and everything that comes with the kid not just the football player but the student, the person and the athlete. Wattley and seven assistant coaches have been suspended by the Canton City School District after one of the players said. Besides pork, the player said he also abstains from eating seafood because its a bottom feeder, just like a pig.. Pro Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame for . "This incident does not reflect the Canton City School District's culture of protecting the physical and emotional wellbeing of our students.". Ed Gilbert, the attorney representing the player and his family, told 3News in a statement: "We feel the court made a clear error here. The player also pushed back on the coaches statements that they were trying to rescue a troubled player and that he had been grounded by his father for smoking marijuana. The coaches had filed the lawsuit in July 2021 after they said their reputations had been damaged by the false accusation that they punished the then-17-year-old football player on May 24, 2021, by forcing him to eat a pepperoni pizza while knowing that it was against his religious beliefs. Attorney Stephen Griffin, who represents Gilbert in the coaches defamation lawsuit, declined to respond to Pattakos online post. Attorney Edward Gilbert, who is representing the 17-year-old player at the center of the controversyand his family, on June 14 released the surveillance video that was taken on May 24 when the family says Wattley and his staff forced the player to eat an entire pepperoni pizza against his Hebrew Israelite religious beliefs as punishment for missing a voluntary workout. And then they started telling everyone to grab 45-pound plates, but as I reached to go grab one, Coach Watt says, Not you, youre chilling, the player said. June 5, 2021, 1:55 PM PDT. Josh Grimsley, Wattleys former defensive line coach who also works as a school resource assistant for the Canton City School District, was so bothered by the punishment that he sent a text message to his supervisor, Safety and Security Director Steve Humphrey, shortly after the May 24 workout ended. He said he missed some workouts because he was getting paid to do yard work for a coachs friend, a woman at his moms church and his grandfather. I knew it was coming sooner or later.". Several years earlier, Lee Kuberacki had explored transferring to McKinley High School, but he stayed at Canton South partly because the Bulldogs already had a quarterback McDaniels. Are you hungry? June 4, 2021 A high school football coach in Canton, Ohio, and six assistant coaches will not have their athletic contracts renewed, officials said, after an allegation was made that a. Las Vegas is, and he's going to rock it 'til the wheels fall off. A federal judge filed an order Thursday to . Thats the lesson that needed to get through to him.. He described various drills, including the Hallway of Hell workout, that players had to complete when they were absent. Record: 10-0. He has been on staff, mostly as offensive coordinator, for all nine of Bill Belichick's New England Super Bowls. CNN Seven of eight Ohio high school football coaches who allegedly forced a Hebrew Israelite player to eat a pizza that previously had pork on it, despite knowing his beliefs forbade him. Motley played at Canton McKinley High School, which is on the Hall of Fame Village's campus. CANTON, Ohio The Canton City School District has fired head high school football coach Marcus Wattley and six of his assistants following an investigation into misconduct against a player. Other coaches involved have not responded to requests for comment or have declined comment. Repository reporters Kelli Weir, Charita Goshay,Steve Doerschuk and Josh Weir contributed to this story. He also had exceptional talent that few McKinley coaches have recently enjoyed. 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This is not something that he made up, Pattakos said. CANTON, Ohio The Canton City School District has fired head high school football coach Marcus Wattley and six of his assistants following an investigation into misconduct against a player. Monica A. Coleman, a theologian and professor of Africana studies at the University of Delaware, said someHebrew Israelites do consider themselves to be Jewish. It has left one of Ohio's most storied prep football programs working quickly to reset for its upcoming season and the Canton City School District in limbo as it awaits word on whetherthe player's familywill file a First Amendment lawsuitand whether criminal hazing chargeswill be filed against the coaches. District officials have said the surveillance cameras only record when it detects movement as a way to save memory and believe the camera didn't detect movement during the two-minute gap. He went on to play at the University of Kentucky and in the Canadian Football League with Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatchewan. In the trial that was to start Monday, Stark County Common Pleas Judge Natalie Haupt had dismissed Canton City Schools Superintendent Jeff Talbert and board members John J.R. Rinaldi, Scott Russ, Kim Brown, David Kaminski and Eric Resnick from the case. Seven high school football coaches in Canton, Ohio, have been let go after they allegedly forced a 17-year-old player, who is a Hebrew Israelite and cannot consume pork, to eat a pepperoni pizza . School officials told The Repository this week that the school will review its entire athletic program. Canton McKinley Bulldogs 2022 high school football preview, online post that accompanies the transcripts, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. The students said the playerhas since apologized to them and to the coaches. We have a number of careers that have been destroyed here. More about Hebrew Israelites: Canton family's faith at the center of McKinley High football coach abuse allegations, I miss my boys. McDaniels kicked in addition to playing quarterback at McKinley when Miller coached the Bulldogs' defensive backs. "Josh was a coach on the field. Disciplinary hearings for assistant coaches Joshua Grimsley and Zachary Sweat, both of whom are school resource assistants, are scheduled over the next week. He had planned to do some exercises with a stretch band due to his shoulder injury. CANTON A shortened fall camp and two abbreviated scrimmages left Mentor football coach Matt Gray a little unsure what he had in his 2021 football team heading into the season opener Aug.. It was just hurting to lift it in the air., When a coach sent him a text message asking him about his absence, the player responded that Ill owe you Monday.. The player testified he walked into the Frank Turk Alberta Football Operations Center and went into the weight room. The player testified that he was grounded because his father found a Black & Mild wrapper. The deposition, where the player testified under oath, was conducted as part of the defamation lawsuit that the coaches filed a year ago against the player, the players father, Kenny Walker, their attorney Edward Gilbert and former assistant coach Josh Grimsley. Overall, he was a coach for 40-years and was named to the Ohio high school coaches hall of fame. Pattakos said attempts to settle the lawsuit failed this week when the defendants offered only a four-figure settlement sum. He said he has lost respect for the McKinley coaches he once admired. 2022 OHSAA High School Football Playoff Brackets (Ohio) Region 1. As of Monday, both investigations were ongoing. The student, now 18, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Akron in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, against the Canton City School District and his former coaches. Following the vote to relieve Wattley of his duties, the board confirmed athletic director Antonio Hall will serve as interim head football coach for the 2021 season. Canton City Schools Superintendent Jeff Talbert hasn't released details of what happened on May 24. They have said the player chose to pick the pepperoni off the pizza and eat it. as the first-year head coach of the Denver Broncos, McDaniels saw his team go . He always pushes the envelope forward. Pattakos said the punishment was not merely for missing a single voluntary workout. His statements were supported by five McKinley football players who attended the school board meeting in support of their eight coaches. Canton McKinley head football coach Marcus Wattley and seven assistant coaches were suspended last week by the Canton City School District after the 17-year-old reported what happened to him on . McLeods disciplinary hearing with school officials over his job as a safety and security liaison was held earlier Monday. They lose sleep over me and the boys.. The lawsuit also names Canton City Schools as a defendant. But, he still faces the possibility of. This community deserves afull and thorough investigation and its obvious that this hasnt happened, said Pattakos, as he pointed to the players. He later called the special board meeting that resulted in the] group of coaches losing their jobs. By The Associated Press. Melt Bar & Grilled closes 2 Ohio locations, Ohio Gov. McKinley went 14-6 in Wattleys two seasons as head coach, with a couple of second-round playoff losses and an 0-2 record against rival Massillon. The first NFL game action of the 2022 season will feature the debuts of a couple of head coaches.The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced that the Jaguars and Raiders will square off in the Hall of . But it wasnt until roughly five years later when the player, then in eighth grade, started to strictly follow the faiths dietary restrictions. Hall, who is coming up on the one-year anniversary of his hire as McKinleys athletic director, playedon McKinleys 1997 and 1998 state championshipteams. Its absolutely, totally ridiculous, Gilbert said. And he believes they should have stopped the punishment when he said that day that it violated his religion. I'll buy you a pizza and we can all watch you eat. Claim this team Ways you can help Make an impact on this team, and help keep MaxPreps up-to-date. No Bulldogcoachs tenure has spanned more than five years since Thom McDaniels guided the program from 1982-1997. Talbert said counselors will be available for the football players Friday. He emphasized that the player had the ability to leave at any time and had the option of selecting an alternative food that did not contain pork. "McDaniels was a good possession receiver. He said he later told some of the coaches over the phone that he would get this straightened out because they said some people had suggested that the coaches had tried to physically harm him, which he said was untrue. While the roughly 12-minute video doesn't have audio, McLeodsaid you can tell by the body language of the coaches and players that the player wasn't being threatened. Hall was a school kid when he watched McDaniels' 1992-94 run as a McKinley quarterback; then he was a lineman on McKinley teams that won state titles in 1997 and '98, with Josh's dad, Thom, as head coach, and Josh's brother, Ben, at quarterback. The score stayed 12-3. Attorney Peter Pattakos, who is representing former McKinley head coach Marcus Wattley and former assistant coaches Frank McLeod, Zachary Sweat, Romero Harris, Cade Brodie and Tyler Thatcher, notified the Stark County judge Wednesday that he was voluntarily dismissing the defamation lawsuit the coaches filed against Canton City School District leaders, a former assistant coach, a former McKinley player and the players father and attorney. Superintendent Jeff Talbert said surveillance video gave administrators the information they needed to warrant their recommendation to dismiss the coaches to the school board. On 10/28, the McKinley varsity football team won their home playoff game against GlenOak (Canton, OH) by a score of 40-22. Rose's Tigers beat McDaniels' Bulldogs in an overtime shootout in the 100th game between the old rivals, in 1994. When Pattakos asked him whether he planned to cut the coaches out of his life forever, the player said, I mean, I dont plan on rebuilding no relationship we had.. We feel that he overreacted.". A district investigation found the charges against the coaches to be true, and Superintendent Jeff Talbert called their actions "inappropriate, demeaning, and divisive." "Josh took after his dad in every aspect," said Kinta Mitchell, a co-captain with McDaniels on the '94 team. Rose views McDaniels as a coach's son who paid attention and absorbed every lesson. A roughly two-hour disciplinary hearing was held Monday with Canton City school officials about whether Wattley should retain his job as a district academic and athletic liaison. You can get anywhere . ", Attorney Michael J. Kahlenberg, who is representing the player and Walker, said the voluntary dismissal of a civil lawsuit is common, but, "Our pool of potential jurors deserves better. Wattley, who was hired as McKinley's coach in 2019, said he misses his players. He blamed the district for conducting a rushed and incomplete investigation, noting that Wattley was interviewed for only 18 minutes and that only three of the 40 players present wereinterviewed. Coaching career. It is a substantial piece of justice for the coaches that they are very grateful for.". Beyond the disciplinary hearings, two other investigations remain open: The Canton City police department is investigating whether the coaches conduct rises to the level of a criminal hazing charge. They have insisted they weretrying to rescue a troubled player whose off-the-field behavior was influencing his teammates and was jeopardizing his future as a Division I college athlete. All rights reserved. "The type of behavior was inappropriate, demeaning, and divisive.". Attorney Peter Pattakos, the lead attorney representing six of the former McKinley football coaches in two of the lawsuits related to the pizza-eating incident, on Thursday released a 298-page transcript of the players roughlyseven-hour testimony that was taken as part of a court deposition. I don't think that's going to happen now, with Josh there.". "Thom used to tell me, 'You can play him on defense, but if he gets hurt, you're fired.'. "I don't think they gave him enough time in Denver. Canton McKinley sophomore Dante McClellan looks to make a play at Akron East, Wed., Feb. 15, 2023 "We struggled at the rim," Vlkajkovich said. Meanwhile,there is still pending litigation in the case the coaches filed against the player, his family, and Canton City Schools. newsletter. In an email to 3News, Canton City Schools says its administrative team received a report of an incident that took place on Monday, May 24, during McKinley footballs strength and conditioning practice. Other lawsuits filedEx-McKinley football player sues, alleges coaches coerced him to eat pizza against beliefs. A few thousand watched the Marietta Pioneers nurse a lead against the visiting John Carroll Blue Streaks. Following a due-process hearing with the Canton City School District June 8, the attorney for Canton McKinley Senior High . McDaniels had a 26-year head coaching career that included head coaching stops at Warren G. Harding High School, Canton McKinley High School and Massillon Jackson High School. The truth about the Canton school board's indefensible decision to fire McKinley football coach Marcus Wattley and his staff over false accusations that they forced a player to eat pork against his religion "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes." Assistant coachesCade Brodie and Tyler Thatcher, and assistant baseball coach Romero Harris, who hasrelated weight room duties, also were dismissed from the team, but they do not have separate jobs with the Canton City School District. I will defer to Judge Haupt and her able staff to handle. According to Gilbert,Wattley on May 24 ordered the player to sit in a chair in the middle of the gym and consume an entire pepperoni pizza while his teammates andcoaches yelled at him. The lawsuit filed by the Hebrew Israelite players family alleged that on May 24, 2021 the coaches forced him to eat a pepperoni pizza after he missed a voluntary practice session. According to the district, the coaches knew the teen was a member of the Hebrew Israelite faith, and that consuming pork was in violation of his religion's practices. "Looking back," Hall said, "Cleveland wasn't the right time or the right place. He said thedistricts nearly weeklong investigation found that the coaches on May 24 engaged in actions that were deemed"inappropriate, demeaning and divisive" during a non-mandatory strengthening and conditioning workout in the high schools auxiliary gym. Its unclear from the players testimony whether the other coaches heard the player talking about his religion. Canton McKinley High School football coach Marcus Wattley. He emphasized that the player had the ability to leave at any time and had the option of selecting an alternative food that did not contain pork. Deservedly so. He was doing his best to teach an extraordinary athlete an important lesson., After the boards vote, Pattakos yelled to the superintendent and the board, This was a bad decision. Head coach: Paul Brown. According to his deposition testimony, the players father first introduced the family to the Hebrew Israelite faith in 2013. The Bulldogs went 9-3 in Wattley's first year,. He saidthe video would not be publicly released due to federal student privacy regulations. I think I said, Im sorry for missing practice and I wont let it happen again or something across those lines, the player testified. CANTON, Ohio There are new developments in the scandal that once crippled the Canton McKinley football team. Rose prefers Carr to Baker Mayfield based on pulling out wins in fourth quarters. Nobody is perfect, not even Coach Wattley is perfect and he knows that. Pattakos said those two minutes of video would have shown the player shaking hands and hugging the coaches after the discipline was over. His father, during his own separate deposition testimony, said he had found the tobaccowrapperin his son's pants pockets and that he had told one of thecoaches that his son was grounded for smoking. The father acknowledged that he never explicitly said whether the smoking referred to a cigaror marijuana. McKinley football player Mani Powell said he wants his coaches back. Talbert, a former head football coach, said surveillance video of the high school's auxiliary gym gave administrators the information they needed to warrant their recommendations to dismiss the coaches for behavior that fell short of the district's professional and ethical standards. CANTONWhat Canton City school officials called a misguided attempt to instill discipline has led to the firingof McKinley High School head football coach Marcus Wattley and six of his assistant coaches. CANTON, Ohio (WJW)- The family of a McKinley High School football player is calling for more action after it says the head coach forced the teen to eat a pizza. His defense is all over the place. "While on administrative leave, you are not to be on school property or to have any form of communication or contact with any Canton City School District student(s), parents, or staff member without expressed permission from this office," Canton City Schools Human Resource Director Deidre K. Stokes Davis wrote to Wattley. I miss my boys. I'm just glad he has this opportunity. Wattley, through his attorney Peter Pattakos, saidthe accusations that thecoaches forced a 17-year-old player to eat an entire pepperoni pizza against his Hebrew Israelite religious beliefs for missing a voluntary May 20 strengthening and conditioning workoutarefalse and exaggerated. McDaniels is a significant donor. He always tries to make the people around him better. An attorney representing Marcus Wattley told 3News Investigates that there's more to this story that hasn't been told. It remains a tragedy that these good men lost their jobs over this but with todays ruling theyve at least received some small measure of justice and they are extremely grateful for that.. Do you support the move? Pattakos blamed an assistant coach, whom he did not name, for inflaming the situation by reporting an exaggerated version to administrators and the players family. In the meantime, district leadership, including Superintendent Jeff Talbert and every board member who approved this decision, should be ashamed, not least for making such a momentous decision based on such an obviously faulty and rushed investigation. He said Wednesday evening that the investigation, which was completed June 1, also includedinterviews with five of the coaches and three players. All rights reserved. MEDINA, Ohio - Solon and Midview both picked up big wins in the OHSAA Division I regional semifinals at Medina High School on Tuesday night. The coach was trying to teach a lesson.". Gilbert says his team, the player, and his family are now determining if they will appeal the dismissal. He is McKinley's fifth head coach in 10 seasons. Note: This video has been altered to protect kids' identities. Nobody wins in this.. So do my clients.". So then after theyre still not listening to me, the teams still around me doing the punishment, so I just eat the pizza, the player testified. Canton City Schools' administrative team received a report of an incident that took place during its strength and conditioning practice on Monday. NFL Scouting Combine quick hits:Andrew Berry feels Greg Newsome II is 'going to be a pretty big part' of Browns' future McDaniels, a Canton McKinley High School graduate, was all smiles as he . When head coaches like Bob Rupert, Dave Cady and Mike Riley were routinely taking Bulldog teams to the Final Four, they benefitted with better talent, better support, and players with better attitudes, which definitely contributed to their success at Canton McKinley. "I'm very excited Josh is getting another opportunity. Jack Rose, who coached against McDaniels at Massillon in the '90s, is betting on him now. Box Score. CANTON, Ohio Eight coaches from the Canton McKinley High School football team have been placed on administrative leave, including head coach Marcus Wattley. McKinley football player Mani Powellsaid he wants his coaches back. The former Canton McKinley football coaches who have been waiting for more than a year for a chance to clear their names in court have decided to wait a while longer. Thats why it raises concerns when this young man doesnt text his coaches and explains where he is when they are expecting them to be at a voluntary workout, even though it is voluntary. During this. The player said he continued to protest and at one point kicked the box, but the box was brought back to him. Grimsley's attorney, Bartholomew T. Freeze, could not be reached Thursday. He has been Canton's AD for less than a year. A. Mentor (9-4) [I:1] L. 21-34. You're the king, you're the prince.' They said the player chose to take off the pepperoni and eat it. Head coach Joe Mazzulla couldn't hide his . 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