The Canton City School Board held a special meeting Thursday evening to discuss the incident that occurred . Eating pork violated the player's Hebrew Israelite faith. No Bulldogcoachs tenure has spanned more than five years since Thom McDaniels guided the program from 1982-1997. See below to read the full 10-page ruling from Judge Adams: Copyright 2022 WOIO. There was no intent (to cause harm), Pattakos said. While we remain eager to present our claims against Mr. Gilbert and his clients to a jury and further clear the coaches good names, it is most important to the coaches to obtain complete justice in this matter, which requires that all responsible parties, including the (Canton City school leaders), be parties to the trial on the claims at issue, Pattakos wrote. "They are not Christian or Muslim. Now Kuberacki was Marietta's QB; McDaniels was a John Carroll receiver. 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.. More about Hebrew Israelites: Canton family's faith at the center of McKinley High football coach abuse allegations, I miss my boys. This was about something much bigger.. The others mentioned above stayed in football. … Physically harming is a lot different. He saidthe video would not be publicly released due to federal student privacy regulations. "What I can tell you is that all of our athletes are safe, we are continuing on with our strengthening and conditioning program and we will investigate this according to our district policies. A native of Canton, Ohio, President McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War and is assassinated in 1901. . 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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. 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. An investigation found the seven staff members made a player eat pork in violation of his religious beliefs. Kuberacki went on to a fascinating Air Force career that is its own story. Motley played at Canton McKinley High School, which is on the Hall of Fame Village's campus. They have said the player chose to pick the pepperoni off the pizza and eat it. Box Score. Calling Wattley a "rising star,"Pattakos said Wattley is heartbroken to be away from his team but he believes he did nothing wrong. 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. Editors Note: Below is a previous report by 19 News about the lawsuit. Former Canton McKinley Senior High School head football coach Marcus Wattley and five of his former assistant coaches are suing nine people they say have damaged their reputations in the. 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 . Thom McDaniels is a retired Ohio high school football coach.. Poll: Head football coach Marcus Wattley, six others dismissed for misconduct. With the same vote, the board also deemed assistant football coaches Frank McLeod, Zachary Sweat and Josh Grimsley as ineligible for future coaching positions. This was an extraordinary situation we all can learn from, Pattakos said. 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 sprints werent working,Pattakos said. Few have better insight on McDaniels than current McKinley head coach Antonio Hall. It is a substantial piece of justice for the coaches that they are very grateful for.". The district has declined to provide details of what happened on May 24. He had planned to do some exercises with a stretch band due to his shoulder injury. 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. He has been Canton's AD for less than a year. Canton McKinley Football's "You Can Get There From Here" series. Note: This video has been altered to protect kids' identities. Last offseason, former McKinley star Harold Fannin signed with . Canton City Schools SuperintendentJeff Talbert reiterated the statements he gave Wednesday when he announced the coaches would face further discipline. Wattley was hired at McKinley in 2019 and McLeod has been coaching since 2004. He disputed Pattakos' statement that Wattley had offered the player chicken nuggets or any alternative food. Its unclear from the players testimony whether the other coaches heard the player talking about his religion. Caserio is general manager of the Houston Texans. Talbert said surveillance videogave administrators the information they needed to warrant their recommendations to the board. "There's nobody in the business who is going to work harder than Josh. After I got off the phone call, I thought to myself, like I cant like what they did to me was just too far extreme disrespect, so I just left it there.. Invite the coach 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 . From 2004 to 2011, Reardon served as head coach at Youngstown Ursuline. Pattakos said attempts to settle the lawsuit failed this week when the defendants offered only a four-figure settlement sum. It was rushed. and last updated 6:19 AM, Jun 02, 2021. 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. "Josh was a coach on the field. The trial was set to begin Monday in Stark County Common Pleas Court. Dan Reardon has been named Canton McKinley High School's new head football coach. CANTON, Ohio There are new developments in the scandal that once crippled the Canton McKinley football team. "I don't think they gave him enough time in Denver. ', "His awareness of defenses really struck me. He also said he wasnt missing workouts due to using marijuana as the coaches have suggested. "As a coach, you can be frustrated watching that. 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Do you support the move? Assistant coach Badre ElBardawil, who also had beensuspended on May 26 with the other coaches, remains an assistant coach with McKinley because district officials said the evidence did not show that he performed in the same manner as the other coaches.. He recalled two specific instances, including one where a pepperoni pizza was offered, where he says he told the coaches that he didnt eat pork and the coaches gave him an alternative, such as chicken. The Canton McKinley vs. Massillon Washington rivalry is the 13th most played rivalry in the nation, with 129 meetings between the schools. But of course, we don't know they acted as a group. Updated: 1:20 p.m., Thursday, June 3, 2021. 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. Records show the Canton City School District and Superintendent Jeff Talbert were already dismissed from the lawsuit. No. Reach Kelli at 330-580-8339 or kelli.weir@cantonrep.com. "We were ahead, with the ball," recalls Kuberacki, 44. 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. . I'm just glad he has this opportunity. 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. "These quarterbacks that get their teams deep in the playoffs all can score in the fourth quarter. "It was a situation that deserves to be investigated so we're going to investigate it," Talbert told The Repository. "He's been the best offensive coordinator in the NFL, I think. I try to incorporate that with my coaches every day.. 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. 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 . 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. The students said the playerhas since apologized to them and to the coaches. McKinley football player Mani Powell said he wants his coaches back. We feel the coaches knew what they did and the judge wanted us to be specific. You can get anywhere . But the player testified that Wattley told him that if he walked out, he couldnt come back. 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.. 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. … 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.. That's why he is going to be successful in Vegas. London Fletcher ran up and dove and hit the back of my ankle. 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 . Canton McKinley pizza scandal: Judge dismisses former football coaches from lawsuit. It doesnt make any sense.. Video shows McKinley High School player eating pizza during workout. I'll buy you a pizza and we can all watch you eat. Four young men in this program have been shot in this last calendar year alone, Pattakos said. 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. I will defer to Judge Haupt and her able staff to handle. 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). "When Josh was talking in the offensive huddle, you would have thought Coach McD was talking to us. 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. "Josh knew how to play defensive back," Miller said. The lawsuit also had been filed against Canton City school leaders but they were dismissed from the case in January. 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. 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. 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. Explore the benefits. The lawyer representing the students family did not immediately return 19 News request for comment. Hall, who is coming up on the one-year anniversary of his hire as McKinleys athletic director, playedon McKinleys 1997 and 1998 state championshipteams. More:Canton McKinley High School football coaches to face further discipline, possible criminal charges. Disciplinary hearings for assistant coaches Joshua Grimsley and Zachary Sweat, both of whom are school resource assistants, are scheduled over the next week. The Canton City Board of Education voted to fire the coaches on June 3, 2021 after surveillance camera video surfaced of the incident. Thats the lesson that needed to get through to him.. I learned from a great man how to coach football," Wattley told media members during a Monday interview. Reach Kelli at 330-580-8339 or kelli.weir@cantonrep.com. He also had exceptional talent that few McKinley coaches have recently enjoyed. Disciplinary hearings for assistant coaches Joshua Grimsley and Zachary Sweat, both of whom are school resource assistants, are scheduled over the next week. 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.. McKinley Senior High School Grades 9-12 2323 17th St NW, Canton, OH 44708. 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. He was calling an audible. All rights reserved. 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. Claim your team to manage the roster, schedule, scores, stats and more. But they should have known that he didnt eat pork, he contends. Antonio Hall was named head coach of the McKinley High School football team on Monday. I don't think that's going to happen now, with Josh there.". The district has sent its investigation to the Ohio Department of Education's professional conduct division andthe Canton City Police Department for review. He recounted an encounter with one of the coaches at the mall recently. Wilson, a nine-time Pro Bowler in Seattle, last offseason engineered his way to Denver (and to a new . 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. McDaniels is a significant donor. 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. He said hes asked God for forgiveness for eating the pork residue. December 4, 2004 (at Canton Fawcett Stadium) Canton McKinley 3 7 0 0 10 (11-4) Cincinnati Colerain 6 17 20 7 50 (15-0) Coaches: Brian Cross (Canton McKinley); Kerry Coombs (Cincinnati Colerain) Attendance (unofficial): 16,885. 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. More on the McDaniels family: Canton council approves street name change to honor McDaniels football family. My job is in the courtroom, not the press room.. Canton McKinley High School football coach Marcus Wattley. CANTONMarcus Wattley broke his silence Monday about the discipline of a player that led to the end of his career as McKinley High Schools head football coach. Example video title will go here for this video. Rose views McDaniels as a coach's son who paid attention and absorbed every lesson. 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.. This is not something that he made up, Pattakos said. Powell said Wattley and all of the assistant coaches have becomefather figures to him and his teammates. You're the king, you're the prince.' 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. Talbert went on to say that video would not be publicly released due to federal student privacy regulations. Its not like they put their hands on me, but they forced me to eat it, he said. Rose prefers Carr to Baker Mayfield based on pulling out wins in fourth quarters. ", In June of last year, former McKinley head coach Marcus Wattley and six of his assistant coaches were fired by Canton City Schools following an investigation into misconduct. They said previous methods of discipline had failed to reach the player. Before the pizza incident happened, I respected them and had love for them for what theyve done for me throughout the years, he said, citing the times they would drive him to practice and appointments and helped him get his knee surgery. 2022 OHSAA High School Football Playoff Brackets (Ohio) Region 1. Gilberts attorney, Stephen P. Griffin, declined comment. New England Patriots offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Josh McDaniels watches from the sidelines during a game against the Dolphins, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. On a. 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. … It was nice seeing him, but like, what was going through my mind at the time was the disrespect that they put me through, he testified. "Looking back," Hall said, "Cleveland wasn't the right time or the right place. GlenOak 22. A few thousand watched the Marietta Pioneers nurse a lead against the visiting John Carroll Blue Streaks. 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. Canton McKinley Bulldogs. 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. Gilbert has said the family has agreed to meet with district officials before pursuing a lawsuit. Frank McLeod, one of the assistant coaches who was dismissed, on Tuesday said he believes the district's surveillance video clears the coaches. He described various drills, including the Hallway of Hell workout, that players had to complete when they were absent. June 5, 2021, 1:55 PM PDT. 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." I said I dont eat pepperoni because I dont want to eat it because the grease is cooked in with the cheese. Video showed the moments the player claims the coaches forced him to eat a pork-based pepperoni pizza after showing up later to a non-mandatory practice. 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. 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 . CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - New developments occurred this week in the pizza scandal involving a former Canton McKinley football player and his coaches. McKinley's Harold Fannin is the Federal League Player of the Year,. 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. 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. Pattakos said he believesthe assistant coach wanted Wattleys job. 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. 330-438-2712 Fax: 330-580-3507 Jonas Wertin, Principal wertin_j@ccsdistrict.org McKinley Quick Links McKinley Virtual Tour The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. Melt Bar & Grilled closes 2 Ohio locations, Ohio Gov. "(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. 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. Key players: P/E Horace Gillom, HB Tommy James, OL Jim Russell. CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) - Former Canton McKinley football coach Marcus Wattley is still fighting to get his job back as the head coach of the Bulldogs. Canton McKinley sophomore Dante McClellan looks to make a play at Akron East, Wed., Feb. 15, 2023 "We struggled at the rim," Vlkajkovich said. A federal judge filed an order Thursday to . Overall, he was a coach for 40-years and was named to the Ohio high school coaches hall of fame. Canton McKinley Bulldogs 2022 high school football preview, online post that accompanies the transcripts, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. … I was yelling at him, I was telling him I dont eat it because of my religion, the player said. The player, who transferred to another school district last school year, said hes still dealing with anxiety and thinks about the May 24 discipline every day. (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. He was asked to accept this form of a lesson. 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. Bottom line: Head coach . 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. 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. He always pushes the envelope forward. Game Summary. 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 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. 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