Washington high school football coach fired over prayers to be reinstated: court docs

A Washington high school football coach who was fired by the district over postgame prayers must be reinstated to his old job by March 2023, court ...

October 27, 2022
3:06 AM

A Washington high school football coach who was fired by the district over postgame prayers must be reinstated to his old job by March 2023, court documents filed Tuesday say.Joe Kennedy, a former football coach at Bremerton High School, was put on leave in 2015 for reciting prayers at midfield following games.  Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy answers questions after his legal case, Kennedy vs. Bremerton School District. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)Kennedy had begun reciting a post-game prayer by himself, but eventually, students started joining him.

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