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McClymonds High School junior varsity football coach De'Carlos Anderson was placed on administrative leave after video surfaced of him tackling student during a bus trip.
A popular junior varsity football coach at Oakland’s McClymonds High School was placed on administrative leave Monday after video surfaced of him tackling a student during a bus trip earlier this month, district officials said Tuesday.
De’Carlos Anderson was identified as the coach seen in the video roughing up the student during the team’s return trip from a Sept. 19 game against Del Norte High School in Crescent City (Del Norte County), which the McClymonds junior varsity team won 45-5.
“Certainly what we saw in the video is egregious and very disturbing,” said Troy Flint, a spokesman for the Oakland Unified School District. “It is not representative of this district or the conduct we would expect any employee to exhibit.”
District officials first saw the footage Monday after an anonymous person sent it to them on Twitter.
In the video, Anderson is seen walking up the aisle of the bus, where he begins aggressively speaking to a student. When the student starts to stand up, Anderson shoves him in the chest, knocking him over.
The two begin to grapple, at which point Anderson body-slams the student against another seat on the bus.
Anderson was placed on paid administrative leave while officials interview students and players who were on the bus during the altercation.
“We want to talk to most if not all the people present to determine the context,” Flint said. “But the basic stance on this is violence against a student is unacceptable, and we will impose discipline as warranted by the results of the investigation.”
Anderson could not immediately be reached for comment.
He has worked at the school for four years, starting out as a substitute teacher before becoming a physical education instructor.
Prior to working at McClymonds, Anderson was employed by Alameda County as a youth and family counselor and gang intervention counselor, according to his LinkedIn page.
At McClymonds, Anderson coaches varsity and junior varsity football along with track and field and is a popular student mentor.
“This incident is uncharacteristic of Mr. Anderson by all accounts. He is held in high regard at McClymonds,” Flint said.
“We still have to treat what occurred on the merits of the situation. We have an inflexible principle concerning violence toward students.”
Evan Sernoffsky is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: esernoffsky@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @EvanSernoffsky
McClymonds High School junior varsity football coach De'Carlos Anderson was placed on administrative leave after video surfaced of him tackling student during a bus trip.
A popular junior varsity football coach at Oakland’s McClymonds High School was placed on administrative leave Monday after video surfaced of him tackling a student during a bus trip earlier this month, district officials said Tuesday.
De’Carlos Anderson was identified as the coach seen in the video roughing up the student during the team’s return trip from a Sept. 19 game against Del Norte High School in Crescent City (Del Norte County), which the McClymonds junior varsity team won 45-5.
“Certainly what we saw in the video is egregious and very disturbing,” said Troy Flint, a spokesman for the Oakland Unified School District. “It is not representative of this district or the conduct we would expect any employee to exhibit.”
District officials first saw the footage Monday after an anonymous person sent it to them on Twitter.
In the video, Anderson is seen walking up the aisle of the bus, where he begins aggressively speaking to a student. When the student starts to stand up, Anderson shoves him in the chest, knocking him over.
The two begin to grapple, at which point Anderson body-slams the student against another seat on the bus.
Anderson was placed on paid administrative leave while officials interview students and players who were on the bus during the altercation.
“We want to talk to most if not all the people present to determine the context,” Flint said. “But the basic stance on this is violence against a student is unacceptable, and we will impose discipline as warranted by the results of the investigation.”
Anderson could not immediately be reached for comment.
He has worked at the school for four years, starting out as a substitute teacher before becoming a physical education instructor.
Prior to working at McClymonds, Anderson was employed by Alameda County as a youth and family counselor and gang intervention counselor, according to his LinkedIn page.
At McClymonds, Anderson coaches varsity and junior varsity football along with track and field and is a popular student mentor.
“This incident is uncharacteristic of Mr. Anderson by all accounts. He is held in high regard at McClymonds,” Flint said.
“We still have to treat what occurred on the merits of the situation. We have an inflexible principle concerning violence toward students.”
Evan Sernoffsky is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: esernoffsky@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @EvanSernoffsky
