Pennsylvania HS Coach Headbutts Ref And Is Ejected
Video Source: Josh Verlin
BUCKS COUNTY, PENN. — Police plan to review video of a high school basketball coach appearing to head-butt a referee during a game in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Tuesday night.
The incident occurred toward the end of a game at Neshaminy High School in Langhorne.
Local radio station WBCB1490 was livestreaming the game between Neshaminy and Pennsbury.
The livestream shows Neshaminy head coach Jerry Devine react to an offensive foul call by walking toward one of the referees. He then appears to head-butt the ref, knocking him down to the ground. He is then thrown out of the game.
“No one involved in this incident has even reached out to the police department as of now. So, all we have is the video. But because we have that we will do an investigation,” Chief Joe Bartorilla of the Middletown Township Police Department told NBC10.
The Neshaminy School District said in a statement that the administration is “conducting a thorough review” of the incident and that “appropriate action was taken at the game following that incident.”