coach's handling of funds
The Broward school district is investigating whether a former Miramar High School football coach was involved in questionable exchanges of cash, the Sun Sentinel has learned.
Several parents of Miramar players allege Matt Strout, who resigned in late October, collected and did not return money for equipment and other items that never materialized.
Damian Huttenhoff, Broward Schools' director of athletics and activities, told the Sun Sentinel the district police's Special Investigations Unit is looking into those claims as part of a broader probe at Miramar High.
"Parents expressed concerns that they were giving money to the coach for services . and felt they were 'taken,'" Huttenhoff said. "Part of the SIU investigation is the conduct of the coach with regard to fiduciary matters."
Tracy Clark, a spokesperson for the district's police, described the probe of Miramar as "very serious" and "multi faceted," but declined to comment on specifics.
The powerhouse Miramar football team has been caught up in controversy since Strout was forced out Oct. 21 and leveled a host of allegations against school officials and the program. Among his bombshell claims, Strout said school staff improperly changed grades so top players stayed eligible and he gave out cash and gifts to keep players happy.
District officials turned the inquiry over to its Special Investigations Unit, led by Anthony C. Williams, after confirming Miramar High fixed the grades of three football players even though the students were eligible to play without the grade fixes, the district found.
Miramar, which reached the state championship twice in recent years and won a title in 2009, was the top ranked Class 8A football team in Florida coming into the fall season. The Patriots, first under former coach Damon Cogdell and continuing under Strout, boasted numerous nationally ranked prospects, many of whom have gone on to play big time college and even professional football.
Miramar High ended its football season early, on Nov. 12, acknowledging improper benefits to players after the grade fixes were discovered. At the time, both school and district officials declined to elaborate.
Ten parents of Miramar football players reached by the Sun Sentinel said they paid Strout directly usually in cash for trips, equipment, trainers or team meals. While such athletic fees are not uncommon, the Miramar parents said they and Authentic Brian Cushing Jersey players didn't always get what Strout had Andre Johnson Jersey them pay for. Several parents reported that Strout collected $70 or $90 for special order cleats that ended up so big, players had to wear multiple pairs of socks or could not wear them at all; $125 in summer dues for training specialists and meals that did not materialize; or $65 for mandatory team warm ups that arrived without Brian Cushing Womens Jersey promised logos.
"He took money from us for our kids' cleats and sweatsuits and different things, and didn't deliver," said Portia Beasley, the mother of senior linebacker Laboris Alvis.
Strout's attorney, Charles Eiss, declined to comment.
The Sun Sentinel obtained copies of canceled checks dated Aug. 4 from one parent that were deposited to Strout's personal bank account. The memo lines of the checks, for $125 and $266, indicated the money was meant for summer dues and Andre Johnson Womens Jersey equipment.
Parents "should never pay cash we frown upon cash," said Huttenhoff, who added that checks while OK shouldn't be made out to coaches. "Checks should be made out in the school's name."
"It's that simple. The coach should not be handling money," he said. "That's a bad management practice."
Strout also collected cash payments from parents to take some players on a multi city trip in June to football camps and college campuses, a half dozen parents told the Sun Sentinel. These parents claimed they were charged varied amounts from $1,050 to more than $2,000 to send their sons on the trip. Some said they'd been told plane fare was included; others said they purchased their own tickets. Though the trip took place, parents said they became concerned when they realized they did not Brian Cushing Jersey all pay the same price.
One parent said Strout refused to take checks for the trip and only accepted cash.
"He collected money from us cash only," said Catherine Minnis, treasurer of the school's football booster club, which was formed in September. "To not take a check, that was the one thing that really, really bothered me. . I'm saying, 'Wow, you're walking around with $4,000 $5,000 in cash what are you doing with all that money?'"
Brian Faso, Miramar's principal through the end of June, told the Sun Sentinel in an email Authentic Andre Johnson Jersey that if such payments were requested and collected during his tenure, that practice was outside of school policy and done without his approval. Maria Formoso, hired as school principal in September, did not return a message seeking comment.
Strout previously told the Sun Sentinel in an emailed list of allegations and an interview in October he occasionally gave players $20 $60 for good grades, strong plays on the field or because they needed cash. He said he contributed to some of the players' June trips and gave five players Nike shoes before he was hired. He claimed he offered the benefits because of pressure from school administrators to keep the players happy.
Regarding Strout's claims he handed out cash to several standout Patriots, parents say they are unaware of any payments to players.
One parent said Strout gave her son Nike athletic shoes before he was hired for the head coaching job a claim Strout also made to the Sun Sentinel in October, naming five of Miramar's top senior players.
"This was done to secure the vote of confidence from them," Strout said in the list of written allegations he provided to the Sun Sentinel.
"I gave them right back to him," said Joselin Martinez, the mother of senior defensive back Joey Diaz Martinez. "I told my son, 'I don't need anybody giving you shoes.' This was before [Strout] even became head coach. . I guess he wanted them to like him."
Strout, an assistant coach at Miramar during the 2013 season, was promoted in January 2014. He had been recommended by a committee made up of several Miramar players, coaches and former coach and athletic director Cogdell, who had moved on to an assistant coaching position at West Virginia University.
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As many as 8,53,355 students wrote the State Board Class XII Examination in March, and those who succeeded accounted for 88.1 per cent. This is a marginal rise over 86.7 per cent recorded in 2012. Though girls may have statistically trumped boys in terms of pass percentage once again, the first rank was shared by two boys and the second rank by a boy and a girl. While topper S. Jayasuriya is a student of Vidya Vikas Boys Higher Secondary School, S. Abinesh is a student of Green Park Matriculation Higher Secondary School. S. Palaniraj from Vidya Vikas Matriculation Higher Secondary School, and R. Akalya from Sri Vijay Vidyalaya Matric Higher Secondary School in Hosur, share the second rank with Tamil as first language. They scored 1,188/1,200.
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