Texas HS Football Coach Resigns After Ordering Players to Hit Referee

After reportedly admitting to ordering two players to hit a referee during a San Antonio high school football game, John Jay High School assistant coach Mack Breed resigned Thursday.

According to ESPN.com's John Barr, the secondary coach decided to step down from his post rather than take part in a University Interscholastic League hearing.

As seen in this GIF courtesy of Vice Sports, 15-year-old Victor Rojas and 17-year-old Michael Moreno blindsided an official during a Sept. 4 contest:

The players were suspended from John Jay High School after the incident and later said in an interview with Good Morning America that a coach told them to hit the referee after he allegedly made racist comments as well as poor calls, per Dan Good of ABC News.

According to Barr, John Jay High School principal Robert Harris claimed Breed admitted to head football coach Gary Gutierrez that he was responsible for the incident:

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He then informed me that Coach Breed had disclosed to him [Gutierrez] that he directed the players to take out the referee. [Gutierrez] stated that Coach Breed initially asked him what was going to happen to the players during their ride home from the game. After Coach Gutierrez informed him that the players would be removed from the team, he informed Coach Gutierrez that he directed the players to strike the referee.

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Rojas and Moreno were informed Wednesday that they will be allowed to return to John Jay High School on Jan. 15, per Barr.

They won't play football again this season, although it hasn't yet been determined if Rojas—a sophomore—will be allowed to resume playing next year.

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