Former Georgia high school basketball coach asks for job back after spanking student

Columbia High School's former boys basketball coach resigned after video of him spanking a student went public

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Former Columbia High School head boys basketball coach Phillip McCrary is asking for his job back after he resigned when a video of him spanking a student went public.  

McCray did an interview with Channel 2 in Dekalb County, Georgia, where he requested to be re-instated. 

“I love these guys,” McCrary told Channel 2. “It’s not right and we need to right the ship.”

McCrary spanked a student on his backside with a shoe several times after, according to McCrary, the student left resort property and invited a girl back to his room while at a basketball tournament in the Bahamas. 

McCrary denies that there was any force behind the hits. 

“As far as putting force behind it, no, it wasn’t force. I went down, I stopped, and we had a conversation about why this is going on,” McCrary explained, according to Channel 2. 

He told Channel 2 that if given the chance, he would do things differently. McCrary said he apologized to the student. The student has transferred schools.

Chance Reynolds, a player on the team, said he was in the room during the incident.

“He didn’t put any force behind the hits; he was just trying to show him right from wrong,” Reynolds told Channel 2.

Some supporters started a petition to urge the DeKalb County School District to reinstate the coach.

“I would like to be re-employed with the school district,” McCrary said.

McCrary has hundreds of wins with the school. 

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