Texas coach resigns after players hit referee

ROUND ROCK, Texas (CNN) —Mack Breed, the assistant coach from John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas, who is accused of directing two players to tackle a referee during a game, has resigned, Northside Independent School District Superintendent Brian Woods said Thursday.

Head football coach Gary Gutierrez spoke during the University Interscholastic League hearing, both defending Breed and deriding his "poor judgment call."

"I love coach Breed. He was on staff already when I became head coach. He is an upstanding man, he is a man of integrity," Gutierrez said, but "he violated the sanctity of what coaches are" by telling the players to hit the referee.

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