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Manatee High head coach Yusuf Shakir was suspended for eight games, including the 2020 spring game and fall classic, and must forfeit $5,000 of his salary. He was also reprimanded and placed on administrative probation through June 30, 2021. The report states, Shakir “presented urging, enticing or pressuring statements/acts (approximately 20) to the Lincoln Academy students during a scheduled athletic tour of the school’s football facilities.”
Dennis Stallard, the longtime special teams coach at Manatee High, was suspended for six games and must forfeit $5,000 for making approximately four “urging, enticing or pressuring statements/acts,” to the Lincoln students.
Palmetto High head coach Dave Marino was hit with the same penalties as Shakir for the same action. The school was fined $2,500 because no assistant coaches were found in violation.
Lakewood Ranch head coach Rashad West was suspended for six games, including four regular-season games, with the same monetary penalty as Shakir and Marino. According to the FHSAA report, “West scheduled and conducted an athletic tour to the Lincoln Academy students.” Lakewood Ranch High was placed on probation and fined $2,500.
All three coaches were contacted by Lincoln Memorial Academy coaches about showing their students what it takes to play at the next level. Lincoln coaches contacted five high schools within Manatee County about the same thing.
FHSAA findings from Facebook Live videos showed at least 30 Lincoln students, according to the FHSAA report, who visited Manatee, Palmetto and Lakewood Ranch for tours of their football facilities.
The video for Manatee is approximately 58 minutes long, it’s approximately 57 minutes long for Palmetto and video of the Lakewood Ranch visit is approximately two minutes long, according to the FHSAA report.
All three schools’ principals and athletic directors were unaware of the visits until Montgomery reported it to them.
A Lincoln staff member recorded videos of each visit, and “was asked to cut the video,” after students headed into the weight room after meeting West at Lakewood Ranch, according to the FHSAA.
Shakir, Stallard and Marino were found to have made statements/acts “that urge, entice or pressure a student to attend,” their respective schools.