Stupid things parents have said/done

had a parent tell my he was going to kill me.

to which I responded "good, then you will be putting my of out my misery I will not have to listen to you anymore."

he was left speech less.

We were losing 42-6 to an undefeated #1 seed in the first round of playoffs. We started to pull the seniors. At the beginning of the 4th quarter we started to rotate our seniors who were 2nd and 3rd stringers into the game. The mother of one of our senior starters who we took out to get another senior in took offense to that. She jumped the fence, came onto the field as the play was going on pushed me, and asked how we could take the final snaps of her sons career away. The game was stalled, etc. as she was escorted off of the field.

The next morning, we brought film of it in to our AD and she said to me "You must have done something to provoke her. What can you do differently so that this doesn't happen again." She had my resignation on her desk by the end of the day.

Had a dad of an upcoming 8th grader approach me during a youth game I was watching. As he was "filling me in" all the talented kids who will be entering my high school the next season (funny, he never mentioned any lineman) he told me that;

a. His daughter can kick a 45 yd field goal (we lost the night before in OT and had missed two FG's from 38 yds+)

b. what a great passer his son was (he was 6-10 while I watched, unfortunately 5 of those completions were interceptions).

c. he had "goose bumps" as he spoke to me "which is a sign he is filled with the spirit of the Lord."

d. if I don't throw the ball more next season, he will take his kid to a neighboring school which throws the ball less than we do (we're double wing, they are hodge podge power running team. I told him he should do his homework before making such commitments.)

You blew it coach ;D

Should've told him that the other school was probably the best athleteic fit for both of his children (just lettin' you know man to man sort of conversation).

Do you REALLY want this tool around the next half dozen years?

How about reproduce?

Along the same lines.

After taking over a program that wasn't very good for a long, long time, I stepped into a situation where I thought I could fix the problem quickly. I inherited 13 seniors in a very small school, sounds good right. I couldn't be more WRONG! Anyway, the last game of the year, we were getting beat 20-0 by a team we should have competed with and they pulled their starters with about 3 minutes to go in the game. So I did the same. I took the seniors out one at a time to give them some recognition and I had a parent, not even a senior parent yell, C'mon coach, you screwed up their whole season, can't take them out in their last game. I ignored him and he kept on. Finally, one of the seniors pepped up and said and I quote, "Its OK, we had our turn and now it is up to the underclassmen!" The parent then said, "if it is OK with you, then it is fine with me" basically saying we were horrible coaches and we didn't know what we were doing.

The parents son didn't play the following year because we were awful coaches and didn't know anything, so we ended up winning the conference without his son.

Never underestimate the power of a group of ignorant people!

Coach Eien, I had one of those as well. The parent of a starting Junior asked me to stop playing her son because it was to hard for her to be around the parents of a senior who her son was playing over.

A little different version, but I had one of my best friends and colleagues come up to me one day and ask if we could play so-and-so more at running back. What made this shocking was my buddy was an English major from Berkeley who knows NOTHING about sports in general, much less what a running back is. After further inquiry, it turns out that my buddy had a regular watering hole that this kid's dad also frequented. Dad would come in every night and complain to anyone within shouting distance that we were screwing his kid. My buddy said "I know you're a friend and all,but this guy is completely ruining my drinking time!"

One parent complained that the reason I had benched her son was because I was prejudiced against the black players (I am white). As I tried to explain to her that it didn't matter to me what color a player was and that I was just trying to get the best eleven on the field, I remembered one other important fact: I had replaced her son with another black player!

Funny thing: I've been accused of favoring both races by second teamer's parents.

There was a psycho dad I talkedabout earlyier. His kid is not cut out for football or any sport, but I liked him and wanted to see if he could improve. He is a 5th string JR ILB on our JV who had been talked up by his father. Legally speaking if he had gotten hurt I was liable for knowing how awful he was and how he kept putting himself prne to injury but we played hm the last 3-5 min of almost every game.
Had a dad threaten me, then beg me what to do to help his son then threaten me again during game 4 or so of JV, Game 7 he threatened me after I didn't play his son in a super close game against the top team in the conference, he shoved me away from his son then cussed at me. He waited for me by the lockers which was funny especailly since he saw me and our OL/DL coaches come in together and he started talking a whole lot of mess but kept his distance. Then waited for me in the parking lot and yelled at me in front of my mother and father who were waiting for me. I calmly informed him that this was not the example to set for his son and that we could talk when things had a chance to cool down, but playing time is a dicsussion between me and the player.
Comes back and we have our last JV cancelled due to malfunctioning lights at the other team's field. He comes by and tries to act all buddy-buddy to me, looked under the influence, embarrased me and his own kid in front of others. He comes to the banquet pulls the same crap then veils a treat about how his kid should see increased time at the varsity next year and made an ass of himself. He smelled funny and I thought it was bad perfume well several of the seniors come in the next week complaining about him and pinted out he smelled of whiskey and vodka.

Anther parent told us we needed to get his Freshman on the varsity before weeke two so that he could be seen and scouted, nevermind that the kid hadn't played a down of HS football at any level. Said that MIchigan, Mich State, Wisconsin, Grand Valley State, and UW-Stevens Point wanted to see him play and we were not letting him get his shot. Needless to say I pointed out he will have his time and Point doesnt give out scholarhips but will look at him in a yr or two. The dad scoffed, his kid didnt play but looked like a stud on Frosh level, and most likely will play Varsity with an offseason in the weightroom, he would have been killed this year.

Had a dad yell at me that his kid didnt get a chance to return kicks until I pointed out his ran two back for a TD, truned around and said wow, I sure look like an a*

I have always been an assistant coach in football so I have only got to witness not participate in the fun stuff.

However, I was a head baseball coach for three years and some of these parents blew me away.

First week on the job I get a dad that calls me and says hey coach I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know its going to be fun as a coach because my son (a freshman) is one of the top five players in Fort Wayne including the minor league team. His son was not a top five player in our program. This guy was nuts. I coached his son freshman through junior year. When he was a senior he applied at a local college, their coach who I am buddies with calls me and says hey some dad just called me and said he has the best most experienced kid in Fort Wayne and he wants to offer me the opportunity to look at him...without taking a breath I say the kids name we both laugh really loud and the coach goes "No F-ing way" and hangs up on me.

that's funny, I've got one along those lines...BIG rivalry game, year before it errupted into an all out brawl..kids, coaches, parents etc...

One woman gets into a argument with one of our parents ( white guy ) she's a black woman...She starts calling him David Duke says he's racist...the funny thing is that his wife is Black and he has 6 kids....He says "Racist ?? lady I have more black kids here than you do "...

Nothing violent or threatening or even related to playing time, but definitely crazy. We had a kid, a nice kid who worked hard and was plenty decent. Well his mother would be at practice dressed like she was 17. Spray tan so she looked like a carrot, bleached hair, short shorts, tight low cut shirts that didn't go all the way down, and a chest that probably cost a pretty penny. Now you could tell that 20 years ago, she would have attracted a lot of attention dressed like that anywhere, and she still did, but not for the same reasons. Poor kid NEVER heard the end of it from his teammates.

"Why don't we throw the ball!!"

QB throws an INT

"Why are we throwing the ball!!!??"