Track Coach Fired After Boys Run Shirtless

A celebrated boys' track coach in Westwood, Mass., was fired and ordered off school property last week for letting his runners train without wearing shirts. Tom Davis led Westwood High's 4x800-meter relay team to the New Balance Indoor Nationals less than two months ago and had his outdoor team off to a 5-0 start this season when he started hearing about complaints regarding boys going shirtless.

According to The Westwood Press, athletic director Karl Fogel told Davis, who is in the middle of his second year at the school, that although there was no rule against runners showing some skin during practices, local residents did not want to see any.

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