1940 Massillon Washington High School. We remain proud to fight for these wrongly maligned coaches and clear their good names in court, Pattakos said. "What is on that video shows that what happened on May 24 is an ill-mannered attempt to instill accountability and discipline in our students," he said when firing the coaches. A jury trial in Stark County Common Pleas Court is set for Sept. 19. Besides pork, the player said he also abstains from eating seafood because its a bottom feeder, just like a pig.. McDaniels kicked in addition to playing quarterback at McKinley when Miller coached the Bulldogs' defensive backs. He has beenan assistant coach at McKinley, GlenOak and St. Thomas Aquinas. They needed to show him what it was like to be the only man eating in a room full of hungry, working men. 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. The teammates affidavits also said that Wattley told the player he could leave if he didnt want to participate. Motley played at Canton McKinley High School, which is on the Hall of Fame Village's campus. "Looking back," Hall said, "Cleveland wasn't the right time or the right place. She said the support she got from other teams was 'overwhelming. This community deserves afull and thorough investigation and its obvious that this hasnt happened, said Pattakos, as he pointed to the players. ", "It's (the dismissal) not going to fix the damage that has been done," said Peter Pattakos, the attorney representing the coaches. McLeod on Tuesday said he believes the surveillance video clears the coaches. "Look at how many times (Mayfield) has had the opportunity and hasn't won those games," Rose said. 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. "I've always thought if he got another shot at a head coaching job, he would flourish. "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. More:Canton McKinley High School football coaches to face further discipline, possible criminal charges. Six former Canton-McKinley High School football coaches have filed a civil lawsuit alleging district leaders and a player's father and attorney defamed them, damaged their reputations and caused . I love them, they know that. Team Statistics. 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. That's why he is going to be successful in Vegas. They said the player chose to take off the pepperoni and eat it. 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. We have a number of careers that have been destroyed here. 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. "This incident does not reflect the Canton City School District's culture of protecting the physical and emotional wellbeing of our students.". 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. "When Josh was talking in the offensive huddle, you would have thought Coach McD was talking to us. Kuberacki went on to a fascinating Air Force career that is its own story. Its unclear whether the player told the coaches about the yardwork. John Carroll went on to an 18-12 win. He later called the special board meeting that resulted in the] group of coaches losing their jobs. 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Eating pork violated the player's Hebrew Israelite faith. 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.. 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 previously served as the wide receivers . "The type of behavior was inappropriate, demeaning, and divisive.". Sure, I would have loved it if he had been head coach of the Browns, but I'm glad he has this opportunity. Record: 10-0. Its unclear from the players testimony whether the other coaches heard the player talking about his religion. And he believes they should have stopped the punishment when he said that day that it violated his religion. A. Mentor (9-4) [I:1] L. 21-34. 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. 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). 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. We feel the coaches knew what they did and the judge wanted us to be specific. All rights reserved. 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. He was calling an audible. Updated: Jun. I love them, they know that, Wattley said. CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) - Canton City Schools held a special meeting Thursday evening that addressed a controversy involving seven McKinley High School football coaches and a student-athlete.. A native of Canton, Ohio, President McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War and is assassinated in 1901. . He has been Canton's AD for less than a year. 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'. 3 Nordonia (17-5), 7 p.m. Saturday . The sprints werent working, Pattakos said. The coach was trying to teach a lesson.". 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. 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. 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. Fletcher played 256 NFL games, third all-time among linebackers behind Junior Seau (268) and Clay Matthews (278). You did not serve the community.. "This report is under investigation, in accordance with our district policies," Canton City Schools told 3News. "Josh took after his dad in every aspect," said Kinta Mitchell, a co-captain with McDaniels on the '94 team. Pattakos, who said he,Wattley and McLeod saw the surveillance video for the first time Monday,saidhe isn't giving up on reinstatingWattley and McLeod as McKinley coaches. "They are not Christian or Muslim. misguided attempt to instill discipline, Canton McKinley High School football coaches to face further discipline, possible criminal charges, suspended on May 26 with the other coaches, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. They lose sleep over me and the boys.. 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. 2022 Canton McKinley Football (6-6) Coach: Antonio Hall. It was probably going to be a touchdown to ice it. "McDaniels was a good possession receiver. Note: This video has been altered to protect kids' identities. 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. He also had exceptional talent that few McKinley coaches have recently enjoyed. 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Black Israelites, who are most nationalistic and furthest from traditional Judaism. 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. They needed to get through to him some other way. Bottom line: Head coach . The player said he continued to protest and at one point kicked the box, but the box was brought back to him. Pattakos said Wattley previously had witnessed the eating-alone lesson work effectively in a different Division I locker room. Other football players who were at the May 24 workout have saidthe coaches never forced the playerto eat the pizza and they gave the player the choice of eating chicken nuggets instead. But, he still faces the possibility of. Frank McLeod, one of the assistant coaches who was dismissed, on Tuesday said he believes the district's surveillance video clears the coaches. Like everyone else in Browns country, Hall tuned into the 2020 head coach search in which the Browns strongly considered McDaniels and Robert Saleh but hired Kevin Stefanski. On May 24, 2021, head football coach Marcus Wattley allegedly forced an unnamed 17-year-old football team member to eat a pizza made with pork, although the student's religious beliefs prohibited him . A federal judge said there was insufficient evidence to support allegations that the player was forced to eat food against his religion. 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.". My job is in the courtroom, not the press room.. Attorney Pattakos released the following statement on behalf of Marcus Wattley late Thursday night: "We asked the district to postpone their decision for at least one more week to allow for this matter to be fully and fairly investigated, including upon full consideration of the testimony of the numerous Canton McKinley football players who witnessed this event and were at tonight's board meeting wanting to tell anyone who would listen that the story being advanced by the alleged victim's father and attorney is not true. Judge John Adams found there was not enough evidence to support allegations made by legal representation of the student-athlete. Invite the coach The Pattakos Law Firm, which represents the former coaches, released a statement after the ruling that said, in part: From the moment these absurd and sensational accusations first went public there were numerous eyewitnesses, including the alleged victims teammates, who were jumping out of their shoes to confirm that the accusations were false. This wasnt about that (a single missed workout). CANTON, Ohio (WJW) The Canton City School District Board of Education held a special meeting Thursday evening to discuss further discipline for a group of football coaches. 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. 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.". 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. Hall, who is coming up on the one-year anniversary of his hire as McKinleys athletic director, playedon McKinleys 1997 and 1998 state championshipteams. Do you support the move? CANTON, Ohio With an attorney by his side, the father of a junior at McKinley Senior High School shared his anger after he told News 5 his son, who is a . 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. Wattleyallowed the player to pick off the pepperoni butpork residue remained, the attorney said. 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. 2 Canton McKinley football players speak out about teammate's punishment: Why they say it was unfair for 7 coaches to lose their jobs The coach was expected to speak with 19 News at . 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. Video that shows the events that led to 7 McKinley High School coaches being removed. Attorney Kathryn Perrico, who is representing the Canton City school leaders, responded to Pattakos' statement by saying, "The district maintains that the rulings issued by the court were sound and well-reasoned, and declines to respond to the self-serving and inaccurate statements presented by Peter Pattakos. Return for updates. 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. Canton City Schools' administrative team received a report of an incident that took place during its strength and conditioning practice on Monday. 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. He didnt provide a reason why. Repository sports writer Josh Weir contributed to this article. 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. McDaniels, 45, is back in a head coaching seat for the first time since getting fired by the Denver Broncos 12 games into the 2010 season. They are more than coaches, said Powell, who lost hisfather when he was young. "Caserio was a standout," said Kuberacki. 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. The player said coach McLeod had been sitting in a chair beside him eating a piece of the pizza. Dan Reardon has been named Canton McKinley High School's new head football coach. Canton McKinley head football coach Marcus Wattley and six of his assistants were firedlast weekfollowingallegations thecoaches forced a 17-year-old player to eat an entire pepperoni pizza against his Hebrew Israelite religious beliefs as punishment for missing a voluntary workout. Following the hearings, the superintendent is expected to make a recommendation to the Canton City school board regarding their employment outside of their coaching positions, according to Canton City Schools spokeswoman Lisa Reicosky. 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. She ruled the alleged defamatory statements attributed to district officials either contained no false statements of facts, were opinions and judgment calls or had not been published. 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. Superintendent Jeff Talbert said it was surveillance video that gave him the information he needed to make his recommendation. 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. Las Vegas is, and he's going to rock it 'til the wheels fall off. According to his deposition testimony, the players father first introduced the family to the Hebrew Israelite faith in 2013. 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. When Pattakos asked him if he believed that any of the coaches intended to harm him by violating his religious beliefs, the player responded: I dont know what they were what was going through their heads, so I dont know.. 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. McLeods disciplinary hearing with school officials over his job as a safety and security liaison was held earlier Monday. He was asked to accept this form of a lesson. Dominique Sanders' squad had something to itself and 13th-seeded Canton McKinley. McKinley Football Staff Players (57) Staff (1) Antonio Hall Head Coach Are you the coach? But attorney Peter Pattakos, who was retained by Wattley on Thursday, said Thursday that version of events is exaggerated and parts of it are false. He said he would have eaten the chicken nuggets. Every day . Pattakos also states that hes releasing the transcripts in the interest of correcting the record and mitigating the damage caused by the defamatory accusations that have ruined the reputations of former McKinley head football coach Marcus Wattley and his former assistant coaches Frank McLeod, Zachary Sweat, Romero Harris, Cade Brodie and Tyler Thatcher. 2022 OHSAA High School Football Playoff Brackets (Ohio) Region 1. 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. 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. 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. Gilberts attorney, Stephen P. Griffin, declined comment. During this. Grimsley's attorney, Bartholomew T. Freeze, could not be reached Thursday. 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. 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. 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. 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. "It's not going to get the coaches their jobs back. Reach Kelli at 330-580-8339 or kelli.weir@cantonrep.com. 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,. In a separate vote Thursday, the five-member board unanimously hired Athletic Director Antonio Hall as the districts interim head football coach for the upcoming season. 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. . Pattakos said those two minutes of video would have shown the player shaking hands and hugging the coaches after the discipline was over. Allegations that the court says "lumped all the former coaches together without distinguishing the allegations against each individual. Canton Former Canton McKinley football coaches dismissed from federal lawsuit alleging they forced player to eat pizza A federal judge said there was insufficient evidence to support. Talbert said surveillance videogave administrators the information they needed to warrant their recommendations to the board. Nobody is perfect, not even Coach Wattley is perfect and he knows that. Bulldogs logo for the Canton City School District in Ohio. 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. They needed to get through to him some other way. Add the football angle of Massillon-Hoban and this is a can't miss. Video shows McKinley High School player eating pizza during workout. He was so far ahead ahead of the curve.". I learned from a great man how to coach football," Wattley told media members during a Monday interview. 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. For inexplicable reasons, the board denied this basic request and refused to listen to these young men, reflecting that the district's leadership is not interested in the truth of this matter, and is instead motivated by something else. Wattley, who was hired as McKinley's coach in 2019, said he misses his players. Canton McKinley High School head football coach Marcus Wattley placed on administrative leave along with seven assistants More Headlines: Canton's history-making fire chief reveals big. 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.. One of the state's most successful coaches . So, they just kept it there and then when I kicked the box, they brought it back to me, so there was nothing I could do, said the player, according to a transcript of a deposition he gave on June 23. Wattley spoke Monday following a roughly two-hour disciplinary hearing with Canton City school officials about whether Wattley should retain his job as a district academic and athletic liaison. Canton McKinley Bulldogs. Earlier this month, Canton City Schools Superintendent Jeff Talbert released a video statement to, "set the record straight" about the recent firing of seven McKinley High School football coaches. The player said McLeod didnt react and continued to eat the pizza next to him. 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 . The player admitted he had lied to his teammates and coaches and told them he had been grounded for smoking marijuana. 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. This young man wasnt forced to eat anything, Pattakos said. 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 . I said I dont eat pepperoni because I dont want to eat it because the grease is cooked in with the cheese. Following the vote, Talbert rejected Pattakos statement that the districts investigation was rushed, noting the video gave them enough information to determine that the coaches acted inappropriately. 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