THEY DON'T BELIEVE HE HAD ANY

ACCOMPLICES.

IN OTHER HEADLINES, DAYS

BEFORE A PLAYOFF GAME, A

LEGENDARY FOOTBALL COACH IS

TOLD HE CANNOT BE ON THE

SIDELINE.

THE DECISION WAS MET WITH ANGER

THAT BOILED OVER IN NEW

ROCHELLE.

Reporter: PLAYERS HELD UP

SIGNS AND PARENTS RAISED THEIR

VOICES.

[ CROWD CHANTING ] THE COACH

SHAPED MANY YOUNG LIVES AS HE'S

LED NEW ROCHELLE TO EIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 22 YEARS.

WITH EVERY BONE IN MY BODY,

I WILL FIGHT FOR THIS MAN.

HE HAS BEEN REASSIGNED AND

CAN'T COACH WHILE THE DISTRICT

INVESTIGATES AN ALLEGED.

THE COACH INTERVENED IN A

DISCIPLINARY DECISION.

A STUDENT WHO IS A DISTANT

RELATION OF HIS.

NORMALLY, THAT WOULD BE

QUIETLY INVESTIGATED AND

RESOLVED.

BUT THE SUPERINTENDENT WENT

PUBLIC WITH HER DECISION TO

SUSPEND HIM FROM HIS DUTIES

EVEN BEFORE THE INVESTIGATION

IS COMPLETE.

THE INFORMATION WE HAVE AT

THE TIME MATTERS AND THAT'S HOW

WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS ON THE

DETAILS OF PARTICULAR INCIDENT

CANS.

BUT IF IT ESCALATES TO THE

POINT OF REASSIGNMENT, I THINK

IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT THE

COMMUNITY IS WAY AWARE.

CRITICISM FROM PARENTS.

TWO WEEKS AND YOU MADE A

VERY RASH DECISION.

Reporter: RAY RICE PLAYED

FOR HIM.

WHEN DETAILS COME OUT, YOU

CAN SEE THAT IT DIDN'T WARRANT

THIS KIND OF ATTENTION.

HE TOLD ME, MY PERSONAL LIFE

I'LL NEVER GET INVOLVED IN MY

PROFESSIONAL LIFE.

AND COACHING THESE YOUNG MEN IS

FIRST AND FOREMOST.

Reporter: THE TEACHERS UNION

PRESIDENT TOLD ME WE HAVE UPSET

THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT CHOSE

TO DISCLOSE THIS BEFORE WE

COULD MEET.

I WANT TO THANK THE COACHES

WHO HAVE PULLED TOGETHER.

IT'S NOT HOW SHE WANTED TO

START HER TENURE.

IN NEW ROCHELLE.

TONY AIELLO, CBS13.

IF NEW ROCHELLE WINS, WE'RE

TOLD THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THE