We don’t dip into the high school ranks often unless there’s a story that warrants it. 

This, um, definitely does. 

Ferris (Wash.) High School coach Jim Sharkey is currently suspended with pay after multiple players said they witnessed the coach used a hot dog bun to exposing himself to players at a leadership camp last summer.

You can guess what the alleged contents were inside the bun. A report from the Spokesman-Review details what reportedly took place last August during the retreat in Idaho... 

A couple of weeks after the camp, a Ferris player came forward and said that while Sharkey was grilling, he turned with his exposed penis inside a hot dog bun. Sharkey said, “You think that is a big dog – take a look at this,” according to school records that listed multiple different versions of the same quote.

While the coach got a written reprimand and was allowed to coach this past fall, school officials placed him on administrative leave Feb. 1 after more players claimed to have seen the hot dog incident and other students brought up separate incidents of questionable behavior by the 11-year teacher and coach

Sharkey has vehemently denied the accusation to both the school and in interviews, calling them “a complete lie” and “absolutely false.” Though he cannot comment on the specifics of the alleged incident, he is on a mission to clear his name from it. 

Sharkey coached the 2016 season when the allegation was unable to be substantiated. However, he was suspended after the season when more students came forward claiming they witness the so-called hot dog incident.

Additionally, there are other allegations of behavior issues at Ferris under Sharkey’s watch, some of which involved inappropriate comments from the coach himself made to a female. On another occasion, per the paper, “players would gang up and dog pile a player on his birthday and they would shove their fingers up the player’s anus, something the players called ‘juicing.’” While no coaches were said to be involved with the alleged act, it occurred “four or five” times.

While Sharkey has admitted to saying some inappropriate things, he denies the “juicing” incidents along with the indecent exposure allegation. He is still being investigated.