A football coach at a Georgia high school has been arrested after being seen on video appearing to punch a teenage player in the stomach during a game.
The adult, whose name has not been publicly released, coaches for Mays High School in southwest Atlanta, according to the Daily Mail.
The Mays Raiders were playing a game in Douglas County on Saturday at the Eddie S. Henderson Stadium at Midtown High School in Atlanta, Georgia, when the incident was caught on video.
In the video, a coach is seen confronting a player near the sidelines during which he delivers a quick rabbit punch to the player’s midsection, causing the student to double over.
School officials called the coach a “lay coach,” meaning that he is not an actual employee of the school and is a volunteer.
Lay coaches do not hold professional teaching certifications, but are required to undergo a background check and complete a GHSA training program.
The coach was arrested and charged with battery. The school district added that he also “faces administrative charges from the district.”
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