MASSACHUSETTS TOWN RALLIES BEHIND COACH ACCUSED OF SERVING ALCOHOL TO PLAYERS

By Cristina Corbin

An entire Massachusetts community is rallying behind a beloved high school coach, whose reputation they say was unfairly "dragged through the mud" when he was accused by an anonymous parent of serving alcohol to players.

Dwayne Follette, a longtime baseball and football coach at North Plymouth High School in Plymouth, Mass., was under investigation by police after school officials received an anonymous letter in June claiming the coach served alcohol to players at an end-of-year party.

But police on Thursday reportedly suspended their probe due to lack of evidence, and supporters of the coach claim the allegation was made up by a disgruntled parent upset over their child's lack of playing time on Follette's team.

"This is a disgrace," said Plymouth resident, Katie Kearney, whose 17-year-old son played on the high school's junior varsity baseball team.

"I feel horrible for what he's going through," Kearney told FoxNews.com on Friday. "He's a real role model. He lives for these kids."

Kearney is not alone. A Facebook page devoted to Follette was flooded with hundreds of comments of praise and support on Friday.


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