Overview
- School officials announced on Monday that the San Francisco Unified School District has removed Lowell’s entire varsity baseball coaching staff after district and CIF investigations into a racially charged incident last spring.
- The California Interscholastic Federation’s San Francisco section ruled that the team violated sportsmanship rules and ordered Lowell to forfeit one game in each of three upcoming doubleheaders against Lincoln, Galileo and Washington.
- All players and staff connected to the varsity and junior varsity programs must complete CIF sportsmanship training that covers bullying, hazing, inappropriate behavior and implicit bias before the next season.
- The district says it will name an interim coach for the current season and conduct a search for a permanent head coach for next year, and it declined to disclose whether any individual students received discipline because of student-privacy laws.
- The penalties respond to reports and social-media accounts alleging race-based taunts at a May junior varsity game and carry competitive consequences for Lowell and the rival teams chosen because of their likely standings impact next season.