WATCH: High school coach in hot water after punching player in stomach
A high school coach could be in big trouble for punching one of his players in the gut while the rest of the team watched.
Will Martin, the coach of Beaumont High School (California), was seen on a leaked video punching one of his players as an apparent form of punishment.
The coach has been placed on administrative leave and is possibly facing criminal charges, a report from NBC Los Angeles stated.
“The video was obtained by NBC4 through a parent who wished to remain anonymous, fearing retaliation against his son,” the report noted.
The concerned parent told the school this has happened to other players on the team. The parent’s son apparently said punching is how Martin disciplines players.
“If they do anything to upset the coach, he makes them put their hands above their head, close their eyes, and he punches them in the stomach,” the report said.
This has allegedly happened to dozens of players.
Beaumont Unified School District reportedly turned over the video to police on Oct. 3 for an investigation of potential criminal charges.
Some other parents think this situation is being blown out of proportion.
Here’s the video that was leaked:
Wow… wtf
That guy is a criminal. He should be charged.
Lighten up. It was nothing.
I suppose you would like your kid to be punched in the gut? Regardless if this was “nothing”, that is not appropriate. I have worked calls where someone was punched in the gut and because their stomach lining was thinned out by a medical condition, it ruptured thier intestines. Let’s kill the kid because he missed a block. Get out of here with that “nothing” crap.
This shouldn’t be a story and is way over blown. If you watched the video the whole team seems to be laughing and having a good time. It wasn’t that bad and when I was school we got a lot worse than that. But of course we live in a world today were everyone is a wimp and crybaby. At the most, they should just tell the coach to not do it again. He definitely shouldn’t be charged with a crime. Even the kid that got punched didn’t seem think it was that bad.
In what world is it acceptable for a high school coach that’s “upset” with a player resort to balling his fist and striking a minor? Can a high school English teacher punch a student for not turning in an assignment? You gonna let the principal punch your kid for skipping a class?
No, but there still is paddling. And it works. But to this vedio, it was totally harmless fun. Go back to your safe place.
Paddling on the butt while somewhat archaic, is allowed in some districts, but that isn’t what we’re talking about here. Any parent allowing an adult coach to punch your minor child and get away it doesn’t make you tough, it makes you a detatched/incompetent parent, a coward and a pu$$y.
Quantrill, you’re looking at it as a mother would. Grow a pair and see that their all fooling around. You’re using such loaded words to try and prove your point “balling his fist and striking a minor?” Dude, dial it back a little.
How do you want to describe it, HS coach taking his frustration out on HS students via criminal discipline methods? I see they’re clearly laughing and fooling around, but dang, how dumb is this guy. It’s a person that’s supposed to be a mentor to young men saying you punch people when you get upset. You called it boys being boys, but that description doesn’t involve adults punching kids in front of their peers because the adult was upset. Only two things can happen here and they both lead to the coaches dismissal (and potential assault charges in this case, maybe lawsuit) This example has the student playing along, but say one kid doesn’t see this as guys being guys or guys just fooling around, objects, tells coach to go get f’d and strikes coach back? You think this coach would let that slide? Would you defend the fight where coach or kid beats the $hit out of the other? How would those cell phone videos be interpreted? Either way this school employee will probably be blackballed from being around high school kids in a teaching capacity for the rest of their life.
Yeah, he’ll probably be fired because not even this type of horseplay between an figure of authority and a student is tolerated. You’re right on that. Just one thing: your fourth sentence. Who said “boys being boys”? Because that wasn’t me. I said “guys being guys”. Those two things can be construed differently. And no, I would not describe it as “HS coach taking his frustration out on HS students via criminal discipline methods”. It’s people like you that make this world so damn politically correct. No one can do anything anymore without someone throwing the word “lawsuit” around. Eventually some kid is gonna be standing in line at lunch and his leg will fall asleep and then his parent (someone like you) will sue the school for having their child standing around and then it’ll be goodbye f*ckin’ standing around. The political correctness is just way WAY out of control. You need to chill. No need to go burning down buildings over this.
Leave it to a fan from the far left school of MO to be the one whining about this BS. Grab a tissue and go cry in the corner. Unless there’s evidence of this being done in a more severe manner, it’s NOT a big deal.
You’re right; they should give this teacher a raise, tenure, and a get out of work free card. I guess one out of three ain’t bad.
Just like a woman; taking one statement and completely changing its meaning. Teduardo didn’t say “they should give this teacher a raise…” That’s in YOUR head. Think of my posting this as the world, life rather, speaking to you through me: GROW A PAIR. STOP YOUR TITTIN’. Your fanaticism has “feminist” written all over it.
Can’t tell if you’re stupid, just trying to keep the conversation going, or have no understanding of sarcasm. Not sure how the term “feminist” has anything to do with the belief teachers shouldn’t punch kids, but yeah, I believe men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. Are you in some sort of He-Man woman hater club Bunker? The Catholic Church has a spot open for you.
I’m not comparing you to a feminist because women believe in equal opportunities. I’m comparing you to a feminist because feminists have a reputation for being completely psycho and fanatical. Pull your head out of your ass and you’d comprehend my previous post correctly.
Stupid it is for Mr. 78 cents on the dollar!
As usual the bigger picture has eluded you once again. I feel so sorry for you.
Looks like guys being guys, foolin’ around. If the coach really is as domineering as this article suggests, he would have hit him a lot harder. Of course, this type of behavior is forbidden by school officials. But it really doesn’t look as f’d up as people want to believe it to be.
Is this a joke? A pussyfied is this country now? Everyone was laughing and he barely touched him. If he’s in trouble for that love tap, today’s pussies would never have made it where I came from.
That’s the way of the world. It’s people like Captain Quantrill that breed pussies. The dude can’t breathe he’s crying so hard about this.
Based on the title I pictured a teenager getting held down or pinned against the wall while the coach starts beating the kid. Not him stand up, on his own, with his hands voluntarily above his head, while HE and his teammates were laughing and the coach
(relatively) lightly hitting him in the gut. Blown way out of proportion, folks. This is just horseplay discipline. No harder on the body than crawling the field or something like that. I’d actually prefer to get hit in the gut.
Agreed. This world and all of its political correctness is going to Hell in a hand-basket because of all the pussies in it.
We have to understand context. If you’ve played football, you’d understand that worse stuff happen in the locker room daily. I don’t see the big issue. This is “locker room” behavior. However, if the coach hits my son, and son is having a bad day and whoops coach’s azz, then no hard feelings just like before. lol You better love him the same like the other players!