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Oregon high school football coach accused of slapping players appears in court

Jamal Jones, former coach of Westview High School football, appeared in court on accusations of waking up players and slapping them at camp.

An Oregon high school coach who allegedly woke players up in the middle of the night during a team camp and began slapping them appeared in court on Wednesday.

Jamal Jones, the 32-year-old former head coach of Westview High School (Portland, Ore.), appeared at Yamhill County Courtroom on 12 counts of misdemeanor harassment, according to KGW8.

According to outlets including KGW8 and KPTV, during a camp at Linfield University in late June, Jones allegedly entered the room of the athletes around 1 or 1:30 in the morning. Players told KPTV that he began slapping some students and jumped on top of one.

One of the players said to KPTV: “He targeted some of the younger guys. Went up to each of them individually and started smacking them one by one … Some of them he’d jump on top of and put himself on.”

The outlet reported that players said it didn’t seem like Jones was “in control of his actions at the time” and that his speech was slurred.

Jones was put on administrative leave by the Beaverton School District and subsequently resigned. In addition, he was placed on administrative leave from his full-time job as a police officer with the Hillsboro Police Department.

His next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 29.

Oregon prep football coach Jamal Jones resigns after camp incident

An Oregon HS coach has resigned after a strange incident at a football camp

The conclusion to a bizarre incident at an Oregon football camp came on Friday when Westview High School coach Jamal Jones resigned.

Jones allegedly woke up players in the early morning hours of the multi-day football camp on Linfield University (McMinnville) campus by slapping and shaking them.

Jones’ decision was revealed in an email sent to parents, reported Oregonlive.com:

“We are prepared to move forward as Jamal Jones has resigned from our head coaching position, effective immediately,” the email from WHS principal Matt Pedersen reads. “There is a meeting with our assistant coaching staff later this morning and more information around team gatherings, football workouts and practices will be coming out soon. Our goal is to work to ensure our players and their families feel safe returning to the Westview football program and for our student-athletes to be able to look forward to a successful season.”

As reported last week, this was Jones’ first year as the Wildcats’ head coach. He was previously the head coach at Franklin High School in Portland, Ore., and Arcata High School in California.

He is also on leave from his job as a Hillsboro police officer.

Oregon high school football coach on leave after alleged incident at camp

Jamal Jones of Westview High School in Oregon has been placed on leave.

Westview High School (Ore.) football coach Jamal Jones has been placed on administrative leave after an overnight incident at a football camp on Linfield University (McMinnville) campus.

Jones, who has also been identified as a police officer with the Hillsboro Police Department, allegedly woke up players in the early morning hours of the multi-day football camp by slapping and shaking them.

Per the report via KGW.com:

Around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, the McMinnville Police Department responded to do a “welfare check” at the campus, which was hosting multiple high school football teams for the camp. The police department did not identify the name of the coach accused, but reported that he is also a police officer with the Hillsboro Police Department, and added that the matter is under investigation to determine if there are any criminal offenses.

Another report added more details to what occurred:

According to one of the players, at approximately 1:30 in the morning, the coach began entering the fieldhouse where the players were staying.

“He started off with four of my teammates,” one Westview high school football player said. “He threw off their blankets and started hitting them, and then he jumped on top of one.”

The Westview student claims that things got progressively worse.

“That’s when he ended up making his biggest mistake. He went up to a kid, he ended up slapping this upcoming freshmen,” the student continued explaining, ” he ended up putting his knee on top of his chest and grabbed a kid that was across from him by the arm and pulled him towards him. After that, I walked away because that’s when I realized something was wrong.”

Beaverton School District confirmed to KGW that Jones has been put on administrative leave, pending an investigation.

The Hillsboro Police Department said it is aware of the allegations against one of its officers, who was “not acting in the capacity of (a) Hillsboro employee,” at the time. The department said the employee is “on leave,” pending the investigation of the incident.

According to the initial details, this is Jones’ first year as the Wildcats’ head coach. He was previously the head coach at Franklin High School in Portland, Ore., and Arcata High School in California.

Update: Jamal Jones has resigned from his position as Westview High School football coach.