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Texas High School Football Coach Arrested For Tossing Opposing Player Off Fight Pile

by Larry Leo

September 19, 201843 Comments

Texas High School Football Coach Arrested For Tossing Opposing Player Off Fight Pile

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports

61-year-old Texas high school football coach David Donnell was arrested on September 7th during a game when his team, Sanderson, got into a brawl with their opponent and Donnell started throwing kids off the brawl pile...

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In the video, Donnell is shown removing one Marfa football player from the group. Donnell is then seen grabbing another Marfa football player by the front of his jersey and pulling the 17-year-old to the ground.

After the fight was broken up, authorities on the scene went to both team’s camera operators to see if they recorded the alleged assault. The Sanderson camera operator had no footage; however, the Marfa operator had a clear shot of the assault.

Once they reviewed the video, Marfa authorities took Donnell into custody around 10:03 p.m.

Donnell is facing a Class A misdemeanor assault charge.

(Busted Coverage)

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RD Dawg•67 months

Don't necessarily agree with the arrest but coaches have no businees putting their hands on opposing ballplayers period. Get your own players off the pile and seperate em...not your job to deal with opposing players.You can see the Marfa coach rightfully going after em.

Gumbo1•67 months

Did Zach Smith get another coaching gig?

Wienerboy•67 months

The pussification of America at its best

DthVllyDud•67 months

Meh

DVinBR•67 months

goddamn i remember when a miami player flung his helmet as a weapon in a fight and wasnt arrested

Skinny•67 months

Rush Propst called and just left a voicemail of himself laughing.

JHH4LSU•67 months

LOL I played for Rush. Your comment made me laugh

Tantal•67 months

That kid was subjected to FAR more violence on about 50 plays of that game.....and by fellow teenagers vs a 61 year old man. Plus, Texas law allows the use of reasonable force to defend a third person from violence and slinging a fully padded teen is not unreasonable. As a 21 year police veteran I'm calling not guilty, and I'm sure that any jury will see it that way as well. When you engage in a brawl, sometimes brawl things happen.

OGTiger•67 months

Amazing that snowflakes are taking over as quickly as they are. We are a doomed society.

OGTiger•67 months

Amazing that snowflakes are taking over as quickly as they are. We are a doomed society.

OGTiger•67 months

Amazing that snowflakes are taking over as quickly as they are. We are a doomed society.

Philippines4LSU•67 months

Marfa, lol.

SuperFanDan•67 months

Dang! Looked like that last kid took flopping classes from Jamal Adams. Coach barely slung him around and he goes into a full somersault? Suspect.

loopdog•67 months

So, by breaking up a fight on the field you get arrested ! He pulled people off the pile ! He didn't beat or attack anyone ! What's up ?

Drizzt•67 months

Marfa PD are stupid if they thought that was assault

ExpoTiger•67 months

Wow. The world has completely lost its mind. How ridiculous.

tokenBoiler•67 months

I agree. 6-man football? What the hell?

Musa I of Mali•67 months

warranted when you consider how he moved the first kid that appears to be white and actually engaged in the scrum. At the point where he threw the 2nd kid (black) he wasn't even in the pile. He's lucky they pressed charges as opposed to a dad getting hands on him.

TexasAg13•67 months

LOL there aren't any black people in Marfa

Sid in Lakeshore•67 months

You are a complete moron

GeologyGrad88•67 months

Where in the hell do people like Musa come from??

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cattus•67 months

They would have given my HS coach from the 80s the death penalty

Cajunboy46•67 months

Bunch of candyass slap jaw snowflakes!!!!

imjustafatkid•67 months