Sacked: Former high school football coach pleads guilty in player attack on official
(FOX NEWS) - BURNET, Texas - A former assistant high school football coach was sentenced to probation Monday after pleading guilty to assault for an attack on a game referee by two of his players.
Mack Breed, former assistant football coach at John Jay High School in San Antonio, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge in a Burnet County court. County Court-at-law Judge Linda Bayless sentenced Breed to 18 months of probation, fined him $1,500 and ordered him to serve 120 hours of community service and pay restitution to referee Robert Watts.
Breed also must forfeit his Texas teaching certificate permanently and attend anger management sessions, said Burnet County Attorney Eddie Arredondo.
The two players hit the referee during a Sept. 4 game at Marble Falls. They said they did so at Breed's direction. Breed denied the allegation but resigned from the Jay coaching staff on Sept. 23.
The University Interscholastic League, which governs high school sports in Texas, suspended Breed for the rest of the 2015-16 school year and placed him on two years of probation. The organization could have suspended Breed for three years. Breed also could have been sentenced to up to a year in jail and fined up to $4,000 for pleading guilty to the Class A misdemeanor.