The Lake Erie College football coach who lasted just over a month on the job resigned after violating school policy, college officials tell WKYC.
Jeff Horrocks, 32, was hired as the head football coach at Lake Erie College in Painesville on Dec. 29 but resigned earlier this week. As WKYC's Andrew Horansky found out, the school believes his behavior last weekend was “a violation of code” and that may have forced his resignation.
Can't wait to get things rolling @LECfootball . We are going to do big things in 2017!!! #RageOn #StormFast #NewStormIsBrewing pic.twitter.com/r5jp9m2iKQ
— Jeffrey Horrocks (@CoachHorrocks) December 31, 2016
According to a school official, Horrocks engaged in behavior that was "a violation of policy" on Feb. 4. School officials confronted Horrocks Feb. 6 and he resigned by the end of the day.
Lake Erie College says it has a "zero tolerance policy," but did not provide details on Horrocks' actions. A source tells WKYC the alleged incident began at Willoughby Brewing Company and the night "went terribly bad" from there.
School officials say they conducted an internal investigation, but a criminal report was not filed with police.
Horrocks was the school's second head football coach. He was hired after a two-month search that included more than 200 candidates, The News-Herald reports. He was previously the offensive coordinator for Fairmount State University in West Virginia.
Jerry Hazzard, who has been part of the Lake Erie staff for almost 10 years, has been named the new head football coach.