New Mexico soccer coach booted for praying vows to play on

Tom Hirschman

Fox News - A successful New Mexico high school soccer coach who claims he was forced to resign after praying for an injured opponent is in the market for a new team, he told FoxNews.com. Tom Hirschman, a special education teacher at Eldorado High School in Albuquerque, said he was told to resign last month for violating district policy twice, most recently during a match in September in which the Albuquerque Public Schools’ 2010 girls coach of the year prayed with an opposing player after she was injured. The nine-year coach also violated district policy last year, he said, for watching two movies — “Soul Surfer” and “Forever Strong” — with female players that featured religious themes. “I had not gotten administrative approval to show them because they had religious overtones,” Hirschman told FoxNews.com. “That was their objection.” Hirschman, 42, continued: “Three years ago, I was up for the national coach of the year award and to move from that to being forced out, it’s hard to take.” Read More News New Mexico

New Mexico soccer coach booted for praying vows to play on