Head-Butting Coach From Neshaminy Keeps Teaching Job

Jerry Devine, the Neshaminy High School basketball coach who made headlines last week after head butting a referee during a game, will keep his teaching job, the district announced Tuesday.

According to school district spokesman Chris Stanley, Devine will return to his teaching position at the high school effective immediately.

Devine had been on administrative leave since an incident Jan. 5 in which he knocked the referee to the ground.

He was also indefinitely suspended as head coach of the boys’ varsity basketball team following the incident. He remains suspended as the coach.

“As this is still an ongoing personnel matter, the district will not be releasing any additional information about this case at this time,” Stanley said.

During the incident, which was captured on a video that went viral, Devine approaches the referee and then appears to head butt him, knocking him down to the ground. (Click here to see the video.)

He was then ejected from the game, suspended and placed on administrative leave.

Devine has been a special education teacher at Neshaminy High School for 18 years, his bio says. He has coached the school’s basketball team for 10 years. He previously taught in Bristol Borough and Philadelphia.

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