McKinney coach Marcus Shavers’ status unclear as district investigates unnamed coach

McKinney soccer coach Marcus Shavers didn’t coach his group’s sport remaining week, and the district declined to at once touch upon his employment status Tuesday after a questionable social media post used to be shared after which deleted by means of a former worker.

When contacted by means of The Dallas Morning News about Shavers’ status, district athletic director Jennifer Frazier answered with a commentary that didn’t identify Shavers.

“A McKinney High School coach has been placed on paid administrative leave pending further investigation,” the commentary stated. “The investigation does not involve any students. We understand that the members of our community may have questions; however, McKinney ISD is unable to provide any further details regarding this personnel matter, as it is an active investigation. District administrators have a plan in place to ensure that the student athletes are taken care of.”

Shavers, who ignored his group’s 35-14 win over Richardson Berkner, didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark. McKinney performs Flower Mound on Friday.

Last week, a video used to be shared on social media appearing the soccer coach getting ready to handroll a cigarette, the contents of that are unclear. Accounts on social media that re-shared the video after the unique post used to be deleted puzzled if the cigarette used to be a joint.

The authentic video, which used to be now not broadly disseminated, used to be posted by means of former McKinney Boyd assistant coach Taryn Parker, who served as the pinnacle volleyball coach at Lake Highlands remaining season. Since its posting, Parker deleted her X account. Shavers additionally deleted his.

Parker didn’t instantly reply to The News’ requests for remark.

Shavers, 36, used to be employed by means of McKinney ISD in February 2018. In his first 5 years as McKinney’s head coach, he recorded a 29-27 file, main McKinney to the playoffs thrice, together with a travel to the 3rd spherical remaining fall.

The program has been on the upward push in recent times, beginning the season 2-0 and ranked No. 5 amongst Dallas-area 6A groups in The News’ newest ballot. McKinney options 5 power-conference commits in its senior magnificence and is tied for second-most top-100 recruits within the subject.

Before McKinney, Shavers used to be the pinnacle coach at Lubbock Estacado for 2 seasons. He used to be additionally the defensive coordinator at West Mesquite and Wichita Falls.

Shavers used to be an All-State defensive lineman for Allen. He performed faculty soccer on the University of Arkansas and used to be a member of the 2006 SEC West championship group.

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