It's been a while since former Nebraska football coach Carl Pelini was a subject of conversation in and around Lincoln. While he was a colorful personality for on the Huskers' coaching staff when his brother Bo was the head coach, it appears he's had a plenty interesting career since leaving NU.
Carl went on to coach at other college programs, including being the head man at Florida Atlantic for a few years. But these days he's the coach of Ohio high school, Cardinal Mooney. That just happens to be the alma mater of both Carl and Bo.
Late last week the former Nebraska football coach got into a rather odd altercation. According to a police report filed on Friday with the Youngstown Police Department, Pelini was in his office after losing the football game to Warren Harding when the player's father entered and allegedly "sucker punched" Pelini in the face.
Former Nebraska football coach Carl Pelini gets "sucker punched"
The same police report says that earlier in the night, Pelini exchanged words with one of his players over concerns about a fight on the field during the game. The report also claims that the father "barged through the doors and asked who had been giving a hard time."
According to Pelini, he explained he was the one who had talked to the player. At that point, the father punched the coach.
It wasn't just one punch either. The report also states that other coaches who witnessed the attack told police officers that Pelini fell to the floor and the player's father was on top of the coach, continuing to strike him. The coaches intervened, and at that point, the man left.
All of this equals an extremely odd interaction for the former Nebraska football coach in an area where parents are becoming a bigger problem every day.