Coaches seen fighting in viral youth football video now face charges

Key Points:

• Three youth football coaches—Dequay Canton (Carlynton head coach), Joseph Kubiak, and Frank McGrath (both Keystone Oaks coaches)—have been charged with disorderly conduct following a fight during a game in Carnegie involving 8- and 9-year-old players.
• The altercation, captured on video by a parent, showed Canton as the aggressor who initiated the fight, which escalated after McGrath pushed Canton and Kubiak tackled Canton; Canton also faces harassment charges alleging racial slurs, though no corroboration has been found.
• Keystone Oaks School District is investigating Kubiak, who also serves as assistant to the superintendent, but emphasized the youth football league is independent of the district; all involved coaches have been placed on indefinite leave by the Steel City Youth Football League.
• The parent who recorded and posted the viral video, Ryan Crux, was banned from all Steel City Youth Football League events due to prior conduct warnings, a move he believes is retaliatory; he has five days to appeal the ban.
• The coaches are scheduled to appear in court on their charges in October, while the police and league continue their investigations into the incident.