“The decision to place him on leave is a standard procedure while we conduct an internal review,” Blessing and Shade said in the message.
Tim Lewis has been named interim coach while Schneider is on leave, they said.
“As a district, we strive to reinforce the high professional and ethical behavioral expectations we have for our staff,” Blessing and Shade said in the message. “Please be assured that we are taking appropriate steps to address the situation.”
The movie Schneider showed was the documentary “Super Size Me” by filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who used the movie to explore the effects of fast food on the human body.
Some parents in the district questioned the district’s action on social media, asking how many parents actually complained and whether the content of the movie should be considered offensive or helpful. The Motion Picture Association of America lists the movie as PG-13 “for language, sex and drug references, and a graphic medical procedure.”
Blessing, Shade and high school Athletic Director Jason Osborne did not immediately respond to requests for comment from this news outlet Friday.
Miamisburg’s Board of Education voted in 2019 to hire Schneider as its varsity football coach. It marked a homecoming of sorts for Schneider, who grew up in Miamisburg and became the third family member to coach the Vikings, joining his grandfather, Hank, and his father, Mike.
Schneider resigned from Northmont in May 2015 after a three-month investigation into his coaching methods. Schneider sent an email to his coaching staff using insulting language to describe players. The email — intended as an inside joke among his staff — went public and led to Schneider’s resignation.
In 2016, Fenwick High School hired Schneider as its athletic director. But parental backlash led Fenwick officials to rescind the job offer.
Schneider took over at Miamisburg for Steve Channell, who resigned in December 2018 after seven seasons citing “philosophical differences.” The Miamisburg football team, which went 4-6 last year, started 2-0 this season and was to host Dayton’s Ponitz Career Tech Center on Friday night.
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