Kingsley Football Coach Addresses Racist Social Media Incident

By Beth Milligan | July 17, 2021 A Kingsley Area Schools football player has been indefinitely suspended and an investigation opened after racist content encouraging violence against African-Americans was shared in a student Snapchat group. Football Coach Tim Wooer sent a letter to parents and also posted on Facebook this weekend responding to the incident. His letter, which explains what occurred and how the school is responding, is reposted here in its entirety: “Kingsley Football Family: Today I felt the need to address a significant and horrific error in judgement by at least one of our varsity players. Each year our varsity players create their own ‘group chat,’ which I believe for the most part to be an excellent way to communicate, motivate, and build leadership without the prodding of coaches. This past weekend, our team traveled to Muskegon to play various Muskegon area schools in a 7-on-7 pass scrimmage. Two of the teams in which we competed against had African-American athletes. We had zero issues with any of the African-American schools involved. Both schools were classy and well coached. Upon return, it was brought to my attention (Wednesday, July 14) via Facebook of an incredibly inappropriate post in the…
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