Coach, six players charged in Oregon HS football team hazing

In a statement issued after the announcement, Melissa Goff, the superintendent of the Philomath School District, said the district “will take appropriate actions toward coaching staff and students where justified and continue the healing process for affected students and their families.”

“We condemn all forms of hazing, harassment, and physical, mental, or emotional abuse,” the statement said. 

“Our first priority at all times is the safety of our students,” Goff said in the statement. “We take hazing and bullying issues very seriously, and we have no tolerance whatsoever for the type of allegations raised in this investigation.”

The volunteer coach is accused of having “assumed responsibility for the supervision of the players and withholding necessary and adequate physical care for those who were targeted in his presence,” the newspaper reported.

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