Danger, Will Robinson!

Four reasons not to coach high school sports:

• In Hamden, Connecticut softball coach John Crovo was hit five times--at least once in the head-- with a bat wielded by a disgruntled parent. (Crovo totally survived. Here's hoping the girl hits better than her dad.)
• A high school girls' rugby coach (Wow, high school girls' rugby. Even I think that sounds sort of hot.) in California was "punched and kicked unconscious by a group of parents" when he tried to break up a fight.
• A Texas dad who had a habit of pushing and yelling at his kid's coaches was banned from games. So he shot one of the coaches in the head.
• In Toronto, a dad decided the best way to deal with the benching of his son was to choke the kid's coach.

I so got out just in time. (via The New York Times)