Steubenville football coach renewed for two more years on school board

[The Straight Story]

The Ohio football coach who knew about the gang rape and serial humiliation of a teenage girl by his players but did not report it has had his administrative contract renewed for another two years. According to Atlantic Wire, the Steubenville City Superintendant confirmed Monday that Coach Reno Saccoccia was approved over the weekend for another two-year term as an administrator on the school board, separately from his coaching contract.

The news comes even as grand jury charges may be pending against Saccoccia, a Steubenville legend who goes by the single name “Reno.” The Ohio Valley’s Herald-Star reported without fanfare Saturday that Saccoccia’s administrative contract had been renewed.

“Two-year administrative contracts for Charles Kokiko, administrator; Bryan Mills, assistant middle school principal; Reno Saccoccia, director of administrative services; Joseph Yanok, middle school principal; Melinda Young, director of programs; and Sara Elliot, school psychologist,” read the report of the Steubenville School Board’s minutes.

Steubenville School Superintendent Mike McVey told WTOV Channel 9 that Saccoccia is on his third year of a five year coaching contract, and that his administrative contract is a separate matter.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/23/steubenville-football-coach-renewed-for-two-more-years-on-school-board/

[Scuba]

1. That pretty much confirms what many suspect about Steubenville.

[russspeakeasy]

2. +1

[joeybee12]

3. And the reason is because...

[Pelican]

8. Tiger didn't rape...

I don't think the Grand Jury gives a crap about the high school football record now that it has been convened.

[joeybee12]

9. You missed my point..."Winning Chnages Everything"

The football team wins, so the people there don't give a shit about rape.

[Pelican]

10. They might not care...

... but this coach is still likely facing charges.

I will grant you that everything up to that point, to include the culture of that entire town is ridiculous and beyond fucked up.

[joeybee12]

11. 27 posts...do you live in Stuebenville?

Intersting that you showed up to post on this particular thread.

[Pelican]

12. 41,000 posts and a lot of time on your hands apparently...

So what?

[Benton D Struckcheon]

4. Sports is a religion for some

Gunfire Erupts at Tee Ball Game

As a result of the Little League baseball shooting in North Vallejo, officials announced Friday they are canceling all remaining games. With 200 children enrolled in the league and dozens of games still on the 2013 schedule, today's decision is critical.

Police say shots were fired in a parking lot after two people, supposedly parents, got into an altercation. At one point, a man drove away and the alleged gunmen fired several shots into the vehicle. Luckily, the driver escaped injury.

Authorities say dozens of rounds were fired, some in the direction of the nearby Boys and Girls Club.

And you wonder why this guy's contract was renewed? Nothing counts but winning to these kinds of people, as noted above.

[lpbk2713]

5. "Boys will be boys" ... OMFG

They are obviously letting it go with a wink and a nod.

This is criminal on so many levels it's unbelievable.

[eridani]

6. Article in The Nation

http://www.thenation.com/blog/173981/what-hell-steubenville-high-school-football-coach-gets-two-year-contract-extension?rel=emailNation

Perhaps the most disturbing feature of the Steubenville High School rape trial involving several members of the school’s storied football team wasn't the crime itself as much as everything that surrounded it. It was the fifty people who stood around and did nothing while an unconsious young woman was being carried around like a slab of beef. It was the adults in authority who seemed all too eager to push this under the rug until photos were displayed for the world to see and the justice system was shamed to act. It was those who threatened the life of the young woman for daring to press charges, requiring armed guards outside her family’s home.

Symbolic of this unholy marriage of jock culture and rape culture was the revered Big Red football coach Reno Saccoccia who didn’t seem to give a damn that his players could have treated a woman this way. Given Coach Saccoccia’s controversial behavior before and during the trial, which drew national scrutiny, many of us thought he at the very least would be shown the door after three decades of service. We all thought wrong. Today we learned that “Coach Sac,” as he is known, has been granted a two-year contract extension by the Steubenville school board. They made this decision despite the fact that a grand jury is meeting next week to assess whether he and others obstructed justice in the case. Saccoccia was legally required to report the sexual assault as soon as he was aware it took place. The grand jury will determine whether or not he in fact knew and tried to sweep it under the turf.

Whatever the conclusions of the grand jury, the question of whether Saccoccia should remain in a position to mold the minds of young men should not have been difficult to answer. Not when there are text messages sent by now-convicted team quarterback Trent Mays that read, "I got Reno. He took care of it and shit ain't gonna happen, even if they did take it to court. Like he was joking about it so I’m not worried." Not when, after the boys were arrested and charged, Saccocia kept them on the team for eight more games in their ten game season. Not when Saccoccia went nose-to-nose with a woman reporter looking into the rape case and said, "You're gonna get yours. And if you don't get yours, somebody close to you will." Not when Coach Sac oversaw a locker room where the jock culture become inextricably connected to a rape culture.

[davidn3600]

7. They just want to hurry up and get back to football