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Written by Andy Wooldridge (CCCougarfan)   
Wednesday, 30 September 2009 09:55    Hits: 388

Former Lincoln High football head coach Chad Carlson, and assistants Kyle and Kacy Fairfax were permanently removed from their posts by the Portland Public Schools, after the district completed its internal investigation into the incident August 29 following an Ultimate Fighting Championship event.

 

All three were given the option to resign, or be terminated. Both Fairfax brothers opted to resign, while Carlson's attorney Chris McCormack, will meet this morning with school district officials to discuss his client's options before Carlson makes a decision.

 

 

The disciplinary actions are the first taken by the district under a new set of higher standards for coaches, which went into effect this school year. The standards demand that coaches "set an example of the highest ethical and moral conduct" year-round in all contacts with students, officials and the public.

 

The district placed Carlson and the Fairfax brothers on paid leave September 16, after Portland police released details of the altercation involving the three coaches on a Max transit platform after the event at the Rose Garden.

 

Multnomah county prosecutors dismissed the charges against Kacy Fairfax. Kyle Fairfax and Carlson pleaded guilty on September 17 to a charge of interfering with police. Both completed eight hours of community service, and their charges were dismissed, per agreement with the DA's office.

 

"I understand they made an example of us in order to send a message to other coaches," Kacy Fairfax said. "I respect their decision, but I'm disappointed in it."

Kyle Fairfax said the matter "...got blown out of proportion because of prior transgressions by Lincoln coaches this year. I don't think we did anything wrong."

 

By resigning, the coaches can seek a coaching job with the district starting next spring, whereas termination would bar a rehiring for one year, according to Portland Public Schools policy.

 

Assistant coaches Adam Grimes and John Colasurdo will continue to act as interim co-head football coaches for the Cardinals.

 
 
Comments (3)
1 Wednesday, 30 September 2009 15:00
mikethomas22
This is really a shame. If you read the articles, it becomes very clear that all the coaches did was talk to the police. For talking to the police, they got assaulted, arrested, and now fired. I understand that Lincoln has had its problems, but they should have looked at this fairly, instead of just reacting to past transgressions by different Lincoln coaches.
2 Wednesday, 30 September 2009 17:18
Sportlight
It must have been a little more than "just talking to police" if one of the Fairfaxes was handcuffed. Point blank, you don't interfere with a police investigation, ESPECIALLY if they have any probable cause to believe that you are intoxicated. The real shame is that one of those past "transgressions," Adelman's 2nd DUII, was shoved under the rug because it was the state playoffs and the kids had worked too hard to lose their coach (Peyton Chapman's words, not mine). At least the baseball coach had the decency to resign instead of trying to claim he'd done nothing wrong.
3 Thursday, 01 October 2009 05:00
mikethomas22
Obviously the lesson is don't talk to police, but they didn't do more than that. Nobody even pretends that they did more than that. The guy got handcuffed when he tried to get on a train. Charges were dropped. That means that there was no reason to arrest in the first place. The other two then came back and asked what was going on. For asking, they got maced, assaulted, and arrested, and now they've lost their jobs. I agree about Adelman, but I think these coaches are getting punished for prior mistakes by other Lincoln coaches, and that's not fair.
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