2 football coaches reassigned after log-carrying death
FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The head coach of a suburban New York high school where a teenager died after a log fell on his head in a football training drill will be reassigned, the school district announced Friday.
Sachem Schools Superintendent Kenneth Graham said coach Mark Wojciechowski and another member of the coaching staff are being reassigned pending an investigation into the Aug. 10 death of 16-year-old Joshua Mileto.
Mileto died after a 400-pound log he and four other East Sachem High School players were carrying struck him on the head, police said.
The tragedy has raised questions about the appropriateness of such training for high school players.