Some Texas high school football players were taken to the hospital after their coach made them complete up to 400 push-ups in an hour as punishment. John Harrell, the head football coach at Rockwall-Heath High School, has been placed on administrative leave while a third party looks into the matter, the institution informed parents in a letter, according to Dallas' Fox station. District administrators and campus personnel have been in contact with the affected families and student-athletes," the letter read, according to the Dallas Morning News. Harrell has been a part of the Rockwall-Heath football program since 2019 and has been the head coach there for a year. He has also served as a coach at other north Texas schools.

Source: Fox News January 13, 2023 02:30 UTC