SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 24 (UPI) — Mack Breed, a Texas high school assistant football coach accused of ordering two players to tackle a referee during a game, has resigned, a school official said Thursday.
He was coaching the team of John Jay High School of San Antonio, Texas, on Sept. 4 when he allegedly told two defensive players to intentionally attack a referee officiating the game. The two players complied, were ejected from the game and were suspended from school for the rest of the semester.
Northside Independent School District Superintendent Brian Woods announced Breed’s resignation. Breed was scheduled Thursday to attend a disciplinary hearing of the University Interscholastic League, Texas high school sport’s governing body.
Jesse Hernandez, lawyer for Michael Moreno and Victor Rojas, the players, said his clients took responsibility for their actions, saying, “They understand that they had a choice, they made a choice, it was the wrong choice, and they’re just looking for fairness. The boys are in fact good kids.”
Days after the incident, Moreno and Rojas appeared on national television, expressing remorse.
Breed’s attorney, James Reeves, said in a statement, “Some people are unfairly blaming one man, Mack Breed, for everything that happened at that game. Mack Breed has spent three agonizing weeks contemplating his future since the fateful football game in which two players struck a referee. It has been a difficult road for Mack as he has stood silently watching the spectacle.”
“As a black male, nothing offended Mack Breed more than being called a racial epithet except someone in a position of authority calling his players racial epithets,” Reeves added. “The slur was heard by multiple players, some of whom were not involved in the hit. A few plays after being called ‘[an expletive],’ Moses Reynolds found himself being ejected by Watts for throwing a punch. However, the game film clearly shows that Reynolds was the recipient of multiple punches from an opposing white player who was not ejected.”
The referee, Robert Watts, was allegedly targeted for perceived unjust football-related, on-field calls and for alleged “racial slurs being thrown at players,” Moreno said. Watts denied making racial comments and may take legal action against the players for the assault.
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