Follow-up: Texas assistant coach gets leniency after hit on referee

[TexasTowelie]

ROUND ROCK, Texas — Texas high school sports officials showed leniency Thursday after a former assistant football coach denied ordering two players to blindside a referee but acknowledged making comments that may have unintentionally instigated the hit.

In doling out final penalties for the Sept. 4 incident, the University Interscholastic League suspended former San Antonio John Jay assistant Mack Breed for the rest of the school year and placed him on two years' probation. Breed could have been suspended for up to three years, but UIL officials said his willingness to testify helped reduce the sanctions.

Breed said he wanted to "clear my name" and got choked up when defending himself.

Head coach Gary Guttierez was given a public reprimand and two years' probation and the two players involved were suspended from all sports or extracurricular activities for the rest of the academic year.

Read more: http://www.statesman.com/ap/ap/sports/texas-board-to-consider-sanctions-in-hit-on-refere/nn3fx/

Earlier threads:
Roughing the referee--San Antonio Jay High School under investigation by the UIL September 6, 2015
John Jay High School football players suspended for referee attack September 23, 2015
San Antonio John Jay HS assistant coach resigns amid UIL ban after football players assault referee September 24, 2015