Talbert said surveillance videogave administrators the information they needed to warrant their recommendations to the board. McKinley started the shortened 2020 COVID season 3-0 before losing three of its final five games. Yet, he admits he didnt notify coaches on May 20, 2021, that he wouldnt be at practice that day because he wanted to rest an injured shoulder. Dominique Sanders' squad had something to itself and 13th-seeded Canton McKinley. He also said he wasnt missing workouts due to using marijuana as the coaches have suggested. McLeods disciplinary hearing with school officials over his job as a safety and security liaison was held earlier Monday. Record: 10-0. I miss my boys. "This young man is one of the most talented members of the team and he's let the team down, not showing up to practices, not communicating with his team, not fulfilling the role of a team leader," attorney Peter Pattakos told 3News. You can get anywhere . Deservedly so. Canton McKinley High School football coach Marcus Wattley. The Canton City Board of Education voted to fire the coaches on June 3, 2021 after surveillance camera video surfaced of the incident. Ziegler is the new general manager in Las Vegas; McDaniels is the Raiders' new head coach. A native of Canton, Ohio, President McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War and is assassinated in 1901. . The incident made international headlines and has spawned three lawsuits. "Josh came out of the huddle, went up to the line, then stepped back. It says in the Bible that its unclean if you touch it, said the player who said his family attends the Gathering of Christ Church in Cleveland. Records show the Canton City School District and Superintendent Jeff Talbert were already dismissed from the lawsuit. Ex-McKinley football player sues, alleges coaches coerced him to eat pizza against beliefs, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. I'll buy you a pizza and we can all watch you eat. But of course, we don't know they acted as a group. Hall is a member of the Stark County High School Football Hall of Fame and the Canton McKinley Football Hall of Fame. He said the student had stopped regularly communicating with his coaches, had left workouts early, and had been acting disrespectfully to coaches. Key players: P/E Horace Gillom, HB Tommy James, OL Jim Russell. … I still have visuals of them yelling at me and stuff to eat it, and I felt like my religion didnt matter to them, and they threw it out the window, and I told them I didnt eat it and they made me feel some type of way.. 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. A federal judge said there was insufficient evidence to support allegations that the player was forced to eat food against his religion. 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. After meeting for more than an hour in executive session, the board of education unanimously voted to terminate Wattley's contract, along with the following other coaches: Wattley and the remaining six coaches were originally on administrative leave following an accusation that they forced a student to eat pepperoni pizza after he showed up late to a non-mandatory practice on May 24. His defense is all over the place. McKinley Football Staff Players (57) Staff (1) Antonio Hall Head Coach Are you the coach? Four young men in this program have been shot in this last calendar year alone, Pattakos said. In an 11-page decision, Judge John Adams wrote there would be no ruling against the coaches "merely because it (the court) may not believe the plaintiff's factual allegations." They needed to get through to him some other way. Talbert said assistant coach Badre El Bardawil, who also had been suspended on May 26 with the other coaches, remains an assistant coachbecause the evidence did not show that he performed in the same manner as the other coaches.. "Thom used to tell me, 'You can play him on defense, but if he gets hurt, you're fired.'. Las Vegas is, and he's going to rock it 'til the wheels fall off. "(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. Last offseason, former McKinley star Harold Fannin signed with . Two days after Grimsley sent the message, the district suspended Grimsley, Wattley and six other assistant coaches while it investigated allegations of misconduct before firing Wattley, Grimsley and five other coaches on June 3. Allegations that the court says "lumped all the former coaches together without distinguishing the allegations against each individual. 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. A 17-year-old Canton McKinley High School football player is a starting tackle for a big-name football program, but he said he's been left scarred by an incident in which his coaches forced him to eat pepperoni pizza as punishment for missing a practice, despite knowing he doesn't eat pork for religious reasons. London Fletcher ran up and dove and hit the back of my ankle. With Josh going there now, Carr staying is a done deal.". As for the coaches who had other jobs within the district, there will be upcoming meetings to determine their futures in that capacity. Thats the lesson that needed to get through to him.. The most important thing for Mr. Wattley at this point is that the truth comes out so that his name is cleared of these ridiculous charges against him, and we will make sure that happens. We remain proud to fight for these wrongly maligned coaches and clear their good names in court, Pattakos said. ", "It's (the dismissal) not going to fix the damage that has been done," said Peter Pattakos, the attorney representing the coaches. Canton McKinley pizza scandal: Judge dismisses former football coaches from lawsuit. We feel that he overreacted.". Claim your team to manage the roster, schedule, scores, stats and more. His deposition is the first time the public has heard from the player in his own words about the discipline on May 24, 2021, where coaches sat the then-17-year-old player in the middle of an auxiliary gym and ordered his teammates to circle the gym doing exercises with 45-pound weights until the player ate an entire pepperoni pizza. From 2004 to 2011, Reardon served as head coach at Youngstown Ursuline. Their complex narrative is being analyzed around the country. "The type of behavior was inappropriate, demeaning, and divisive.". 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. The Canton Repository has agreed to not name the 17-year-old player, who has received interest from Division I colleges. That's why he is going to be successful in Vegas. ", More Stark County sports from Steve Doerschuk: 'I know where to go and pour them': Fate of 40-year-old Hudepohl six-packs rides on Bengals winning AFC title, Super Bowl. This is not something that he made up, Pattakos said. Im in disbelief that Im basically accused of harming a kid when Ive done nothing but take care of kids in this community, said McLeod, a 1996 McKinley graduate who was an all-Ohio linebacker for McKinley. The trial was set to begin Monday in Stark County Common Pleas Court. 3 Nordonia (17-5), 7 p.m. Saturday . Disciplinary hearings for assistant coaches Joshua Grimsley and Zachary Sweat, both of whom are school resource assistants, are scheduled over the next week. Nordonia, 11-13 last year, was looking to also avenge a 58-42 loss last year to McKinley as a 19th seed in the . "He's proven he's a hell of a coach," Rose said. Canton McKinley football coach's attorney disputes claims by player. I just always told them whenever they bought food and stuff, I told them I dont eat pork and left it at that, he said. He has committed to playing football at a Division II university this fall. Superintendent Jeff Talbert called the actions of the coaches "inappropriate, demeaning, and divisive. 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,. On a sunny September Saturday in 1997, secrets of the future whispered like ripples as Josh McDaniels played a college football game on the Ohio River. 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. McKinley went 14-6 in Wattley's two seasons as head coach, with a couple of second-round playoff losses and an 0-2 record against rival Massillon. ", 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. More on Canton McKinley football: Canton McKinley Bulldogs 2022 high school football preview. 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. 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. Further action may be taken on the employment contracts of the four oustedcoaches Wattley, Grimsley,McLeodand Sweat who hold other positions within the district, Talbert said. Before a playing run in the Canadian Football League, Hall spent time with the Indianapolis Colts, whose head coach was Tony Dungy. Pattakos, who said the player apologized to the coaches and showed up for the voluntary workout the next day after his punishment, blames anassistant coach for inflaming the situation by reporting an exaggerated version to administrators and the players family. Example video title will go here for this video. An investigation found the seven staff members made a player eat pork in violation of his religious beliefs. The Canton City School Board held a special meeting Thursday evening to discuss the incident that occurred . A. Mentor (9-4) [I:1] L. 21-34. 2023 www.cantonrep.com. Solon defeated Canton McKinley 61-40 in the opener and then Midview followed suit with a 70-45 win over Archbishop Hoban.. Solon and Midview will meet up at Medina High School on Saturday, March 4th at 7 p.m. in the regional final with a spot in the . 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A federal judge filed an order Thursday to dismiss the seven former football coaches from a lawsuit claiming they forced the player to eat pork against his religion. The Canton City school board on Thursday voted unanimously to not renew the coaching contracts of Wattley,assistant coaches Cade Brodie and Tyler Thatcher, and assistant baseball coach Romero Harris, who hasrelated weight room duties. Canton McKinley High School head football coach Marcus Wattley placed on administrative leave along with seven assistants Canton City Schools' administrative team received a report of an. He was one of several football players who attended the disciplinary hearing Monday to show their support for Wattley. Bulldogs logo for the Canton City School District in Ohio. Nobody is perfect, not even Coach Wattley is perfect and he knows that. A jury trial in Stark County Common Pleas Court is set for Sept. 19. "They are not Christian or Muslim. "The Raiders have a lot of the pieces they need to be a great team, starting with the quarterback. In an online post that accompanies the transcripts, Pattakos writes thatthe players testimony, along with testimony from his father, another former coach and affidavits from his former teammates, prove the coaches never knowingly violated the players religious beliefs, a key contention that elevated the story to an international level and is the basis for the players federal civil rights lawsuit. He saidthe video would not be publicly released due to federal student privacy regulations. 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. 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. He's only saidthe districts completed internal investigation has found that the coaches "engaged in actions that constituted inappropriate, demeaning and divisive behavior in a misguided attempt to instill discipline in the student-athletes.". So I just went with it and went to the contest, the player testified. 1940 Massillon Washington High School. Its not like they put their hands on me, but they forced me to eat it, he said. They needed to show him what it was like to be the only man eating in a room full of hungry, working men. The Canton McKinley vs. Massillon Washington rivalry is the 13th most played rivalry in the nation, with 129 meetings between the schools. "I've always thought if he got another shot at a head coaching job, he would flourish. I learned from a great man how to coach football," Wattley told media members during a Monday interview. The decision left the player, the players father, Kenny Walker, attorney Edward Gilbert, and former assistant football coach Josh Grimsley as defendants. The player, whom the Repository has agreed to not identify,has been devastated by the situation and continues to undergo psychological counseling, the attorney said. 13 Canton McKinley (11-12) at No. 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. And then we walk out into the auxiliary gym and theres a pizza in the chair, and I think coach I think Coach Brodie handed me the pizza and I set it down. All rights reserved. Meanwhile,there is still pending litigation in the case the coaches filed against the player, his family, and Canton City Schools. He said he would have eaten the chicken nuggets. I told them that I was smoking marijuana because I didnt want them to know that I was smoking Black & Milds because I thought Black & Milds was worse than marijuana, the player testified. In 2018, Dungy sharply criticized Josh McDaniels for backing out of a head coaching opportunity with the Colts, which is part of the complex national narrative. This community deserves afull and thorough investigation and its obvious that this hasnt happened, said Pattakos, as he pointed to the players. Attorney Michael Kahlenberg, who represents the player and his father in the coaches defamation lawsuit, said he cannot comment on pending litigation. CANTON, Ohio There are new developments in the scandal that once crippled the Canton McKinley football team. He didnt provide a reason why. Canton City Schools' administrative team received a report of an incident that took place during its strength and conditioning practice on Monday. I just dont understand why after I said I dont eat pork, they didnt take it (the pepperoni pizza) away. Wilson, a nine-time Pro Bowler in Seattle, last offseason engineered his way to Denver (and to a new . The 17-year-old belongs to. An attorney representing Marcus Wattley told 3News Investigates that there's more to this story that hasn't been told. See below to read the full 10-page ruling from Judge Adams: Copyright 2022 WOIO. No Bulldogs coachs tenure has spanned more than five years since Thom McDaniels guided the program from 1982-1997. 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.. Mike DeWine suffered injury while in East Palestine, Ohio State Fire Marshal: Oakwood factory fire was not the result of a criminal act, Improvements coming to I-480 near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Ohio football coaches allegedly force Hebrew Israelite student to eat pork for missing practice, Canton City Schools fire 7 football coaches accused of forcing a Hebrew Israelite student to eat pork, Whistleblower says he was unfairly fired following Canton McKinley High School pizza-eating incident, Former Canton-McKinley football coaches sue school district leaders, father of athlete at center of pizza scandal, Closed Captioning/Audio Description Problems. They needed to get through to him some other way. He again declined to provide details of what happened that day and saidthe video would not be publicly released due to federal student privacy regulations. He wasnt forced to eat pork. ', "His awareness of defenses really struck me. Rose's Tigers beat McDaniels' Bulldogs in an overtime shootout in the 100th game between the old rivals, in 1994. Besides pork, the player said he also abstains from eating seafood because its a bottom feeder, just like a pig.. I don't think that's going to happen now, with Josh there.". Disciplinary hearings for assistant coaches Joshua Grimsley and Zachary Sweat, both of whom are school resource assistants, are scheduled over the next week. We wont stop fighting until we get them back., More about McKinley's new head coach: Interim McKinley Bulldogs football coach Antonio Hall will look to 'put our kids first'. He has beenan assistant coach at McKinley, GlenOak and St. Thomas Aquinas. He was asked to accept this form of a lesson. . 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. 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,. Black Jews, who maintain a Christological perspective and adopt Jewish rituals. Head coach: Paul Brown. 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. My job is in the courtroom, not the press room.. Black Israelites, who are most nationalistic and furthest from traditional Judaism. "It's not going to get the coaches their jobs back. 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. More about Hebrew Israelites: Canton family's faith at the center of McKinley High football coach abuse allegations, I miss my boys. The player said coach McLeod had been sitting in a chair beside him eating a piece of the pizza. More:Canton McKinley High School football coaches to face further discipline, possible criminal charges. 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. Seven high school football coaches have been fired from McKinley Senior High School in Canton, Ohio on Thursday following an incident in which a Jewish student-athlete was forced to eat a . "This report is under investigation, in accordance with our district policies," Canton City Schools told 3News. "I'm very excited Josh is getting another opportunity. Ben McDaniels (born June 6, 1980) is an American football coach who is the Wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). If he refused to eat the pizza,the playerwas told that his teammates would be forced to perform additional drills and "there was a question of whether he would be able to stay on the team," Gilbert said. I knew about Josh then, and I followed him over the years.". ', Greece's worst-ever rail crash kills dozens, crushes cars, Dust storm turns skies across Texas orange causing low visibility conditions for drivers, What to know about OHSAA district wrestling: Area wrestlers heading to four sites. Attorney Ed Gilbert, who is representing the player and his family, called the coaches explanation for their punishment bizarre and a desperate attempt to try to hurt (the players) family. He said no matter what the coaches say, it doesnt excuse them for coercing a player to eat pork against his religious beliefs. Grimsleys message advised Humphrey that he had concerns with how the student was treated. … I was yelling at him, I was telling him I dont eat it because of my religion, the player said. "Josh was a coach on the field. On 10/28, the McKinley varsity football team won their home playoff game against GlenOak (Canton, OH) by a score of 40-22. He was one of several football players who attended the disciplinary hearing Monday to show their support for Wattley and McLeod. 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. Learning what he learned from his first time, applying all the knowledge he's gained since then, it's just the perfect equation for success.". Judge John Adams found there was not enough evidence to support allegations made by legal representation of the student-athlete. And I was cussing at them, and they were saying, Oh, then he was like, when did he get so tough?. 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. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. CANTON The former McKinley High School football player who is suing the Canton City School District and his former coaches over alleged civil rights violationssays the coaches likely didnt know about his religious beliefs before the day they forced him to eat a pepperoni pizza as punishment for missing a practice. This young man wasnt forced to eat anything, Pattakos said. The Canton McKinley grad could be looking at drafting a new quarterback with the No. He said he has lost respect for the McKinley coaches he once admired. Powell said Wattley and all of the assistant coaches have becomefather figures to him and his teammates. The player testified that he was grounded because his father found a Black & Mild wrapper. At the next days workout, the player said coach Harris told him that he was going to have to apologize to the team and he agreed to do so. A football player's family has accused Wattley and his assistant coaches offorcing the player to consume an entire pepperoni pizza against his Hebrew Israelite religious beliefs as punishment for missing a voluntary May 20 strengthening and conditioning workout. Canton City Schools Superintendent Jeff Talbert hasn't released details of what happened on May 24. The sprints werent working, Pattakos said. 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