Youth football coach loses job after reportedly punishing boy over bullying
FOX NEWS - A Connecticut youth football coach lost his volunteer job this week after punishing a boy he accused of bullying a teammate, according to a report.
WTNH-TV reported Thursday that Todd Kennedy ordered the boy to run laps because wanted kids on the team to know that bullying would not be tolerated. He coached 10 and 11-year-olds in the Durham Middlefield Football league.
“They said, why did you feel that you were qualified to handle this bullying incident,” Kennedy said of the adults who run the league. “I’m like, because I’m a father.”
The station reported the bullying took place at school on two occasions.
After the first time, Kennedy talked to the team. After the second, he addressed the alleged bully in front of the team last week, the station reported. The boy denied he was being a bully.