{"id":79812,"date":"2025-06-06T00:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T00:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/79812\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T00:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T00:51:09","slug":"legendary-basketball-coach-in-dekalb-accused-of-spanking-players-wsb-tv-channel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/79812\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary basketball coach in DeKalb accused of spanking players \u2013 WSB-TV Channel 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

A longtime high school basketball coach is out of a job after allegations he spanked some of his players with his shoe.<\/p>\n

Channel 2\u2019s Tom Jones reported Columbia High School\u2019s former head basketball coach, Dr. Phillip McCrary, is out of a job. <\/p>\n

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McCrary was a legend at the school, with the gym being named after him. He won hundreds of games during his coaching career. <\/p>\n

Video believed to have led to the end of McCrary\u2019s employment with DeKalb County Schools was shared by a parent of a former player who is no longer at the school. <\/p>\n

She asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I saw the video, I was heartbroken,\u201d she said. \u201cI was heartbroken because we trusted this man.\u201d<\/p>\n

She says the video shows McCrary telling a player to lower his pants in a hotel room while the team was in the Bahamas for a tournament in November.<\/p>\n

She says the coach then hits the player forcibly on his backside with his shoe several times.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen he says, \u2018Why is it happening?\u2019 And then the young man said, \u2018Because I invited a girl up to the room,\u201d the mother said. <\/p>\n

She says another player was also hit with the shoe.<\/p>\n

Jones went to McCrary\u2019s home and asked if he had a second to talk. McCrary said no. Jones asked if he had a comment but didn\u2019t get a response.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the school district said they couldn\u2019t comment on personnel matters and said the safety of students is its highest priority.<\/p>\n

She went on to say McCrary is no longer employed by the district as of Monday.<\/p>\n

This mother says letting him go is the right decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s humiliating. It\u2019s not OK,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

The mother says after her son left the school recently, he felt empowered to come forward about what happened.<\/p>\n

She says he was in that room and the incident took a toll on his mental health.<\/p>\n

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