Invite the coach Hall, who is coming up on the one-year anniversary of his hire as McKinleys athletic director, playedon McKinleys 1997 and 1998 state championshipteams. Overall, he was a coach for 40-years and was named to the Ohio high school coaches hall of fame. The Ohio Department of Educations professional conduct division also is reviewing whether the coaches should retain their educational and coaching licenses. McKinley Football Staff Players (57) Staff (1) Antonio Hall Head Coach Are you the coach? McKinley football player Mani Powell said he wants his coaches back. He recounted an encounter with one of the coaches at the mall recently. I try to incorporate that with my coaches every day.. The Canton McKinley grad could be looking at drafting a new quarterback with the No. Wattleyallowed the player to pick off the pepperoni butpork residue remained, the attorney said. Gilbert said the player told the coach at least 10 times that he did not eat pork because he and his family are Hebrew Israelites, a faith thatstrictly forbids the consumption of pork or pork residue. Note: This video has been altered to protect kids' identities. 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 . But, he still faces the possibility of. Hall is a member of the Stark County High School Football Hall of Fame and the Canton McKinley Football Hall of Fame. violated the player's constitutional rights, the districts completed internal investigation, interviews with five of the coaches and three players, Hebrew Israelites do consider themselves to be Jewish, was hired as the districts interim head football coach for the upcoming season, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. CANTON, Ohio Eight coaches from the Canton McKinley High School football team have been placed on administrative leave, including head coach Marcus Wattley. He did it a few times and I remember saying, 'The kid is calling audibles as a freshman. 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'. I wasnt taking it, so then he just sat it down right beside me again. 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.. 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. Wattley was hired at McKinley in 2019 and McLeod has been coaching since 2004. Gilberts attorney, Stephen P. Griffin, declined comment. 3 Nordonia (17-5), 7 p.m. Saturday . "I remember sitting in the stands watching a McKinley-Masillon ninth-grade game," Rose said. When Pattakos asked the player why he participated in a rib-eating contest with his teammates in 2019, he recalled that he had asked Wattley whether the ribs were beef or pork but Wattley didnt know. "Caserio was a standout," said Kuberacki. Wattley and seven assistant coaches have been suspended by the Canton City School District after one of the players said. This is an extraordinary tactic that is used to teach an extraordinary lesson to an extraordinary young man under extraordinary circumstances.. Canton McKinley High School Head Football Coach Marcus Wattley and six assistant coaches have been fired after trying to force a player to eat pork against his religious beliefs. Are you hungry? And I was cussing at them, and they were saying, Oh, then he was like, when did he get so tough?. You can get anywhere . 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 . ', "His awareness of defenses really struck me. Pattakos said Wattley previously had witnessed the eating-alone lesson work effectively in a different Division I locker room. "We are confident that under Coach Hall's leadership, our football program will be in very capable and experienced hands and our student-athletes will have a rewarding experience," Rinaldi said. He always tried to do the best he could at anything he did. Their complex narrative is being analyzed around the country. Head coach: Paul Brown. 1940 Massillon Washington High School. I remember them cussing at me, but I remember Coach Wattley saying that if I dont eat it then … the team is going to keep doing the workouts and if I was to leave, then I couldnt come back, he said. Canton McKinley Football's "You Can Get There From Here" series. Black Jews, who maintain a Christological perspective and adopt Jewish rituals. A. Mentor (9-4) [I:1] L. 21-34. A high school football coach and six assistant coaches McKinley Senior High School in Canton, Ohio, have been fired after they allegedly forced a player to eat pork against his religious beliefs . "I don't think they gave him enough time in Denver. He always tries to make the people around him better. 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. 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. Repository reporters Kelli Weir, Charita Goshay,Steve Doerschuk and Josh Weir contributed to this story. It is a substantial piece of justice for the coaches that they are very grateful for.". I think I said, Im sorry for missing practice and I wont let it happen again or something across those lines, the player testified. Gilbert has said the player was told that if he didn't eat the pizza, that his teammates would be forced to perform additional drills and that the player's status with the team was in question. The Bulldogs went 9-3 in Wattley's first year,. 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. Pattakos wrote the evidence collected during the discovery phase of the lawsuit revealed information that wasn't known when the lawsuit was filed in July 2021, including the admission by the player that didnt explicitly tell the coaches about his Hebrew Israelite beliefs and that a surveillance video the district used as the basis of its internal investigation was missing a two-minute span of time. McLeod on Tuesday said he believes the surveillance video clears the coaches. John "Spider" Miller is an old Canton coach who disagrees with Jack Rose on Mayfield, but agrees on McDaniels. He has been on staff, mostly as offensive coordinator, for all nine of Bill Belichick's New England Super Bowls. Add the football angle of Massillon-Hoban and this is a can't miss. Head coach Joe Mazzulla couldn't hide his . The trial was set to begin Monday in Stark County Common Pleas Court. The player said coach McLeod had been sitting in a chair beside him eating a piece of the pizza. Melt Bar & Grilled closes 2 Ohio locations, Ohio Gov. Before a playing run in the Canadian Football League, Hall spent time with the Indianapolis Colts, whose head coach was Tony Dungy. Athletic Director Antonio Hall was hired as the districts interim head football coach for the upcoming season. … 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.. "Josh knew how to play defensive back," Miller said. But the player testified that Wattley told him that if he walked out, he couldnt come back. 11, 2021 at 4:07 PM PDT. A jury trial in Stark County Common Pleas Court is set for Sept. 19. "This incident does not reflect the Canton City School District's culture of protecting the physical and emotional wellbeing of our students.". Pattakos said the punishment was not merely for missing a single voluntary workout. Grimsleys message advised Humphrey that he had concerns with how the student was treated. The player testified he walked into the Frank Turk Alberta Football Operations Center and went into the weight room. "I ran around the corner seeing nothing but open space. 2023 www.cantonrep.com. 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. He saidthe video would not be publicly released due to federal student privacy regulations. Pattakos, on behalf of Wattley and assistant coach Frank McLeod, on Monday described a situation where the coaches were trying to rescue a troubled player whose off-the-field behavior was negatively influencing his teammates and jeopardizing his future as a Division I college athlete. The player said he felt badabout eating the ribs after seeing news reports in 2021 that the ribs had been pork. Hall, who also serves as McKinley's athletic director,. Nobody is perfect, not even Coach Wattley is perfect and he knows that. The district has sent its investigation to the Ohio Department of Education's professional conduct division andthe Canton City Police Department for review. 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. "As a coach, you can be frustrated watching that. 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. Last offseason, former McKinley star Harold Fannin signed with . ", 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. From 2004 to 2011, Reardon served as head coach at Youngstown Ursuline. 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. 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. You're the king, you're the prince.' 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. 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. And then … they start telling everyone to get around the gym with the 45-pound plates, and then they start saying if I dont eat it, then the team will have to keep doing the punishment until its all gone. He was asked to accept this form of a lesson. Hall is one of the drivers behind the Marion Motley statue planned for a spot near the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 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. They needed to get through to him some other way. Wattley's attorney Peter Pattakostold The Canton Repository on Mondaythat Wattley and the assistant coaches were trying to rescue a troubled player whose off-the-field behavior was negatively influencing his teammates and jeopardizing his future as a Division I college athlete. Wattley and his staff deserved better than this, and more importantly, so did the young men in that locker room and the whole Canton McKinley community. Pattakos said he believesthe assistant coach, whom he did not name, wanted Wattleys job. As of Monday, both investigations were ongoing. 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. "McDaniels was a good possession receiver. Frank McLeod, one of the assistant coaches who was dismissed, on Tuesday said he believes the district's surveillance video clears the coaches. While two of his teammates have signed affidavits that say the coaches offered the player a nonpork option such as McDonalds or chicken, the player testified, I didnt hear nothing about no chicken nuggets.. "Look at how many times (Mayfield) has had the opportunity and hasn't won those games," Rose said. ", "It's (the dismissal) not going to fix the damage that has been done," said Peter Pattakos, the attorney representing the coaches. And then I realize it is pepperoni pizza, so I start saying I dont eat pork and I dont want to eat it at least 10 times.. "The football program, which has a long and proud history, is an important part of our school culture and our community," Talbert added in a statement that was read by Board President John M. Rinaldi Thursday. The player blames his former coaches for describing him as a troubled kid in the media asthe reason his offers to play Division Ifootball fell through. He wasnt forced to eat pork. The player said McLeod didnt react and continued to eat the pizza next to him. CANTON, Ohio The lawyer for a Canton McKinley High School football player has released video that he says contradicts claims that the student was not forced to consume a pepperoni pizza. There's nobody more tenacious. 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. 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. Anna players and coaches pose with the Division VI state championship trophy following the team's 48-14 win over New Middletown Springfield on Friday at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton. The others mentioned above stayed in football. 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. 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. Team Statistics. 13 Canton McKinley (11-12) at No. This community deserves afull and thorough investigation and its obvious that this hasnt happened, said Pattakos, as he pointed to the players. Antonio Hall was named head coach of the McKinley High School football team on Monday. He previously served as the quarterbacks coach for the University of Michigan and also previously serving as the interim wide receivers coach in late 2018. The sprints werent working, Pattakos said. He said Wednesday evening that the investigation, which was completed June 1, also includedinterviews with five of the coaches and three players. I love them, they know that. McDaniels is a significant donor. He is McKinley's fifth head coach in 10 seasons. The students said the playerhas since apologized to them and to the coaches. Wilson, a nine-time Pro Bowler in Seattle, last offseason engineered his way to Denver (and to a new . CANTON - The former McKinley High School football player who is suing the Canton City School District and his former coaches over alleged civil rights violations says the coaches likely. But of course, we don't know they acted as a group. Pattakos asked Judge Haupt to reinstate the district leaders as defendants in the lawsuit, but she denied the request Wednesday, in part because the trial was to start Monday. ", SUBSCRIBE:Get the day's top headlines sent to your inbox each weekday morning with the free 3News to GO! 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. 3. 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. School board president John "J.R." Rinaldi said Hall will continue to serve as the district's athletic director and will work with the district's administrative team to build his football staff. Pattakos said attempts to settle the lawsuit failed this week when the defendants offered only a four-figure settlement sum. 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. ', 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. The incident made international headlines and has spawned three lawsuits. Bottom line: Head coach . The player admitted he had lied to his teammates and coaches and told them he had been grounded for smoking marijuana. He said he would have eaten the chicken nuggets. All rights reserved. Religion historianJames Tinney classified Hebrew Israelites intothree basic groups: According to Gospel Coalition,many if not most Hebrew Israelite groupsreject the Trinity and Christ's divinity, two central tenets of traditional Christianity. They needed to show him what it was like to be the only man eating in a room full of hungry, working men. Canton family's faith at the center of McKinley High football coach abuse allegations, Head football coach Marcus Wattley, six others dismissed for misconduct. 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. Updated: Jun. CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - New developments occurred this week in the pizza scandal involving a former Canton McKinley football player and his coaches. 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