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Video: Youth football coach assaults referee

Posted: 10/15/12 at 12:25 pm EDT

WEST PARK, Fla. (WSVN) -- Police are on the hunt for a football coach who, they said, assaulted a referee.

The Broward Sheriff's Office said a youth football coach was caught on camera punching a referee in Broward on Saturday. The video was quickly uploaded to YouTube and now police are on the hunt for the man they said is responsible.

The incident happened after a game between the West Park Saints and Miramar Patriots.

Referee Andrew Keigans told police the attack happened after what he called an unsportsmanlike penalty on the Saints because an assistant coach, identified as 43-year-old Dion Robinson, made a derogatory comment from the sidelines.

Police are still looking for Robinson and said they will charge him with assault.

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