Coach's Cemetery Ploy Leads to Suspension

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The junior varsity high school football coach who tried to motivate players after a loss last weekend by having them lay face-up in a cemetery has been suspended for two weeks without pay.

Jim Marsh had offered his resignation after parents complained of his spur-of-the-moment decision to stop the team bus en route back to Marcellus (N.Y.) High School after a game Saturday in Skaneateles, but Marcellus superintendent Craig Tice refused to accept it, stating, "He took the responsibility." Marsh, who also teaches English and coaches boys' varsity basketball at the school, has instead decided to donate his salary for those two weeks - about $1,500 total - to the cemetery for upkeep.

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