Southside Baseball Coach suspended five days without pay

The Etowah County Board of Education Suspended Southside High School baseball coach Blake Bone without pay for five days Tuesday night.

The action came After an executive session.  Supt Alan Cosby declined to give details about what led to the suspension, but said the action was taken after the investigation was complete.

Bone was not named in November by Cosby when he was placed on paid administrative leave pending a personnel investigation.

However, parents of baseball players said they were told Bone was placed on leave and a Facebook page was created to promote a community rally in support of Bone.

Parents have said the allegations include cursing players. Bone is the school’s health teacher and has been head baseball coach and teacher at Southside High School since 2007