--- description: Coach Breed said he was "remorseful" for his actions title: Texas Football Coach Resigns After Players Hit Referee image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf702503f6dc621ab/698865502dce014ff19e5b2d/referee-hit-football1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Texas High School Football Coach Resigns After Players Hit Referee by [Erik Ortiz / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Erik Ortiz / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 24, 2015 5:49 PM CUT  Northside Independent School District superintendent Brian Woods, center, talks to the media following an emergency meeting of the University Interscholastic League (UIL) State Executive Committee, in Round Rock, Texas, Sept. 9, 2015 Northside Independent School District superintendent Brian Woods, center, talks to the media following an emergency meeting of the University Interscholastic League (UIL) State Executive Committee, in Round Rock, Texas, Sept. 9, 2015Eric Gay—AP by [Erik Ortiz / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Erik Ortiz / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 24, 2015 5:49 PM CUT The Texas high school football coach accused of provoking two players to tackle a referee during a game has resigned from the school district, officials said Thursday. Mack Breed was initially placed on administrative leave from John Jay High School in San Antonio following the Sept. 4 game at a rival school, where two players were [caught on camera](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNCrs63JeuM "undefined") hitting referee Robert Watts from behind. Breed, the assistant coach, allegedly admitted to school officials that he ordered the players to blindside Watts because the umpire used racial slurs and had made several bad calls, [EPSN](http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/09/23/report-high-school-assistant-coach-admitted-to-ordering-attack/?cid=eref:nbcnews:text "undefined") first reported. John Jay High… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/coach-two-texas-football-players-who-hit-referee-resigns-n433001?cid=par-time-article%5F20150924 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4048798/texas-football-coach-resigns-referee/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4048798/texas-football-coach-resigns-referee/"},"headline":"Texas High School Football Coach Resigns After Players Hit Referee","datePublished":"2015-09-24T17:49:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:14:50.572Z","description":"He was accused of provoking two players to attack a ref","url":"https://time.com/4048798/texas-football-coach-resigns-referee/","keywords":["Texas","Crime","Sports topic","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf702503f6dc621ab/698865502dce014ff19e5b2d/referee-hit-football1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Erik Ortiz / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf702503f6dc621ab/698865502dce014ff19e5b2d/referee-hit-football1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Brian Woods","caption":"Brian Woods","creditText":"Eric Gay—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4048798/texas-football-coach-resigns-referee/","name":"Texas High School Football Coach Resigns After Players Hit Referee"}}]}] ```