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Adrian Torres |
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March 04 |
Fernando Morales |
He was standing and acting like a coach and yelling and my linesman told him to sit down and he responded by saying the F word to the linesman. |
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Adrian Torres |
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March 04 |
Fernando Morales |
He was standing and acting like a coach and yelling and my linesman told him to sit down and he responded by saying the F word to the linesman. |
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Yetzel Carrillo |
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March 10 |
Jared Colby |
Player swore at The referee using the F word once before card and twice after the card. |
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Chris Kelly |
Baseball |
2017-05-05 |
Paul Husselbee |
In the top of the fifth inning, Coach Kelly was in the third-base coaching box with a runner on first base and no outs. The batter-runner hit into a double play. The backside of the double play was a "banger." I called the runner out, and I am confident in that call, but I concede that it was a close play. Coach Kelly charged across the infield to dispute the call. He argued that the batter-runner beat the throw. I did not respond, but merely listened. Experience has taught me that responding to Coach Kelly does nothing more than escalate the dispute, so I allowed him to vent. He asked me if I would go to the plate umpire for "help." I declined to do so because I was -- and still am -- confident that I had made a correct call. After I had allowed Coach Kelly to vent, I asked him, "Are you done?" He yelled, "No, I'm not done!" and continued to berate me, inciting the fans as he did so. After several more minutes, he began repeating himself and I said, "Okay, Coach, now you're done." He responded, "I'm done when I say I'm done!" I said, "No, you're done now if you want to stay in this game." Coach Kelly turned to walk away. As he did so, he yelled back over his shoulder, "You're horrible! You're brutal!" I felt I had given Coach Kelly plenty of latitude; there was no need to be personal by making "you" statements as he walked away. So I said, "Coach, you are now restricted to the dugout for the balance of the game." He turned back and said, "No, I'm not," and defiantly walked toward the third-base coaching box after he had been restricted to the dugout. At that point, I ejected him. Coach Kelly charged back across the infield, berating and demeaning me with additional personal comments. I turned and walked away; he followed me to the outfield and continued to yell, again inciting the fans seated outside the fence along the right-field line. Coach Kelly did not vacate the dugout for nearly five minutes after being ejected; he refused to leave the confines of the field even after being instructed to do so.
I know that an ejection carries with it a mandatory suspension, but I believe further disciplinary action is warranted in this case. Coach Kelly's behavior today was a disgrace to his school and a poor example for the young men he is supposed to be teaching as he coaches. What I find most alarming is that he seems to believe his behavior is permissible and even justified; that is, he appears to believe that his arguing and yelling, his demeaning, defiant behavior, and his attempts to intimidate officials through personal attacks are justified if a call goes against his team. Behavior like the spectacle Coach Kelly presented today is NEVER justified, and it is time that someone -- the principal, the athletic director, or the UHSAA supervisor of officials -- put a stop to it. |
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(Unknown) Head Coach-Snow Canyon Freshman Boys |
BoysBasketball |
2018-02-16 |
Darren Cole |
There was contact on the baseline that my partner Ryan Jones missed. The player was hit in the face and did not inform Ryan and walked with the ball. Ryan blew the whistle and called traveling. At that point I turned and saw the boy put his hand to his face indicating he was injured. As I ran over to the player, the Snow Canyon head coach came out on the floor and was screaming at Ryan. I called an immediate technical foul and then walked the coach back to the bench.
The assistant coach had gone to the player who was hurt. The head coach continued screaming at Ryan. I tried to calm him and asked him to talk to me. But he kept screaming at Ryan. I warned him twice that he would receive a second technical if he did not calm down. I issued the second technical when he did not comply. I then asked him to leave the floor. He refused and continued screaming at Ryan who by this time was at the other end of the floor. I continued to tell him to calm down and leave. He refused. I warned him that he was about to get a third technical. He still continued screaming. I issued a third technical and then asked the bench personnel to get administration and security. That is when the assistant grabbed the head coach and pushed him towards the exit.
I spoke with the assistant for a few minutes and he agreed with me that I gave him several warnings that the head coach ignored. During this whole time my demeanor was calm.
After discussing the matter with the other officials from the other game I realize I probably should not have issued the third technical and instead summoned security after his refusal to leave after the second technical. |
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Chris Kelly |
Baseball |
2018-03-24 |
Paul Husselbee |
At the plate meeting before the game began, I asked the Snow Canyon and Shadow Ridge head coaches for help with three points of emphasis: sportsmanship, pace of play, and safety. In terms of sportsmanship, I was specific about assistant coaches not yelling at the umpires, especially from the dugouts or the coaching boxes. In terms of safety, I asked that everyone not participating in the game be inside the dugout. I was specific about this. I said, "Anyone not in the coaching boxes, the on-deck circle, or on the field must be inside the dugout." To avoid confrontation, I told the head coaches that if anyone who did not fit that description was outside the dugout, I would just step back from behind the plate and wait for them to comply.
In the top of the 1st inning, one of the Snow Canyon assistant coaches was standing just outside the dugout steps. I stepped back and waited. Someone else on the coaching staff told him to get inside the dugout, and he did. We continued the game amid grumbling from the Snow Canyon bench about why I had "such a hard-on" for Snow Canyon. I let it pass.
After I swept off the plate to begin the bottom of the 1st, I looked briefly at both benches to be sure everyone was inside. Snow Canyon assistant coach Ken Burr was standing next to the fence just beyond the first-base dugout, which was Snow Canyon's side of the field. I stepped back and waited for him. When he didn't move, I said, "Coach, I need you in the dugout, please." He immediately began screaming at me that he was coaching first base and that I should mind my own business. I said, "Coach, if you're coaching first base, that's fine. Please get in the coaching box." In response, he continued to yell at me.
Rather than try to speak with him further, I went down the third-base line to head coach Reed Secrist, who was in the third-base coaching box. I told Coach Secrist that we had covered the kind of behavior of assistant coaches I was seeing from Coach Burr in the plate meeting, and I issued a warning. I said, "Coach, this is written team warning for disrespectful behavior of assistant coaches. Please control your assistants." Coach Secrist immediately began yelling at me, saying that Coach Burr had been standing outside the dugout for years and that I was just picking on him and Snow Canyon. I tried to explain that I didn't have a problem with Coach Burr being out of the dugout if I knew he had a reason to be there, and the warning had nothing to do with his being out of the dugout. It had to do with Coach Burr's disrespectful behavior by yelling abusive comments at an umpire from the bench area or coaching box, which we had covered in the plate meeting. I was unsuccessful in communicating this message because Coach Secrist was too busy yelling at me to listen, no matter how many times I tried to calm him. When I realized I was getting nowhere, I reminded Coach Secrist that I had issued a written warning, and I began to return behind the plate. As I did so, assistant coach Chris Kelly began yelling abusive, personal comments, using my first and last name. These comments were obviously calculated to incite further abuse from the Snow Canyon fans. As Snow Canyon had already received a written warning against such behavior from assistant coaches, I ejected Coach Kelly and confined Coach Secrist to the dugout for the balance of the game. Coach Secrist demanded a copy of this report; I replied that his principal and athletic director would receive a copy, and he could get it from one of them.
Coach Kelly refused to leave the immediate area of the field after being ejected. Even after being told thathe needed to vacate the immediate confines of the field, he entered the Snow Canyon team clubhouse, went to the second floor, and sat watching the game through the window for the balance of the game. Based on this and previous experiences with this individual, I am left to conclude that, in his mind, the rules that apply to everyone else do not apply to Coach Kelly. |
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Vaughn Demming |
Baseball |
2018-04-11 |
Tim Zaharson |
Catcher blocking plate after being told not too - then did it again and injured a player. Game vs Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas |
