At about 4:30 AM this morning (June 25th, 2024), McMinnville PD officers were dispatched to the Linfield University campus in McMinnville on a “welfare check” call for service. There was a football camp taking place on the campus and teams from various schools had been participating since Saturday.
During the initial investigation, officers learned there had been an incident involving the head football coach of Westview High School (WHS), which is located in the Beaverton School District. Initial information indicated that the head football coach allegedly started waking up students on the WHS team in the early morning hours by shaking and/or slapping them while they were sleeping. The officers further learned that in addition to being the head football coach at WHS, he is also a fulltime Police Officer with the Hillsboro Police Department.
The McMinnville Police Department is actively investigating the incident to determine if there are any potential criminal offenses. We notified both the Hillsboro Police Department and the Beaverton School District, and both have placed him on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. Both the Hillsboro Police Department and the Beaverton School District are cooperating with our investigation. Since this is an active investigation, we are not able to publicly share further details about the incident, except to say that we are not aware of any students being physically injured during the incident.
We are actively working on contacting involved students and their parents as part of our ongoing investigation. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of the incident, that has not yet been contacted by McMinnville Police, is encouraged to contact the McMinnville Police Department either through the front office at 503-434-7307, or through the non-emergency dispatch number of 503-434-6500. You can reference McMinnville PD case number 24MP2141.