San Antonio John Jay High School Mustangs Assistant Football Coach Mack Breed resigns and UIL Bans Him Until He Meets with Them
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015
San Antonio John Jay High School Mustangs Assistant Football Coach Mack Breed resigned on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, from employment with the San Antonio Northside Independent School District, one day before a University Interscholastic League (UIL) hearing on the September 4th incident in which two Jay football players attacked referee Robert Watts during a game, while the UIL banned Breed from coaching at any UIL school until he meets with the State Executive Committee investigating the incident.
The UIL State Executive Committee was unable to complete its investigation at its hearing on Thursday, September 24, 2015 because several key witnesses failed to appear, including former John Jay Assistant Football Coach Mack Breed, John Jay football players Michael Moreno and Victor Rojas, and referee Robert Watts.
San Antonio Northside Independent School District Superintendent Brian Woods and John Jay Head Football Coach Gary Gutierrez told the UIL State Executive Committee that former John Jay Assistant Football Coach Mack Breed instructed senior Michael Moreno and sophomore Victor Rojas to attack referee Robert Watts.
According to Superintendent Woods, Breed allegedly told his players that Watts needed to pay for cheating them by making bad calls and making racial slurs and derogatory racial comments towards John Jay football players during their September 4th football game against Marble Falls High School in Marble Falls, Texas.
Referee Watts denies making any racial slurs or derogatory racial comments towards any John Jay players during the game.
San Antonio Northside Indpendent School District has sentenced Michael Moreno and Victor Rojas to 75 days in the District’s Alternative School for their role in the referee attack.
The Marble Falls Police Department is conducting an investigation of the incident which may lead to possible criminal charges against Mack Breed, Michael Moreno, and Victor Rojas. However, no criminal charges have been filed as of yet.
Former John Jay Assistant Football Coach Mack Breed was a 2004 graduate of John Jay High School and played football with the University of Missouri Tigers, graduating in 2010.
The UIL State Executive Committee has scheduled another hearing on October 15, 2015 on this incident in Austin, Texas.
