Overview
- Marquette University High School said an alleged out-of-season contact violation would have cost postseason eligibility unless it replaced coaches.
- Sal Bando Jr. said an anonymous letter accused him of coaching five MUHS players during the offseason through his job at Prospect Training Academy in Oak Creek.
- He wrote that WIAA officials presented three options that included removing the five players, removing coaches, or accepting a postseason ban.
- Bando said he stepped down to avoid risking the players’ playoff chance, while the WIAA said local schools make staffing decisions and it administers the rules.
- The school pledged better training on evolving contact rules, and Bando, a 15-year coach with four summer state titles, urged a review of the policy.