Jesuit (Florida) football coach punches a player

A right-handed hook was delivered to the side of the player's head as he departed the playing field

TAMPA, FLORIDA – During Jesuit Catholic's 66-35 regular season-ending victory over Tampa Catholic, Friday night, an unidentified Jesuit football coach was caught on video punching one of his players as he departed the playing field.

Video of the incident was pulled from Jesuit's live stream of the contest on Facebook.

UPDATE: The coach has been fired

Prior to the punch, Tampa Catholic appeared to be in a fourth down punting formation from its own 29-yard line when several Jesuit coaches began signaling for a timeout. As soon as time was granted, a Tiger player sprinted off the field. As he approached the sideline he was greeted by a right hook to the left-side of his head, thrown by one of the Jesuit coaches.

The player immediately removed his helmet and turned to face the field as the coach followed him and screamed in his face.

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Published Nov 4, 2023

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.

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