Georgia youth football coach banned for life after assaulting player, LeBron James speaks out on incident The coach was identified in a video that went viral this week Getty Images A Georgia youth football coach has been banned for life from the league after a video surfaced of him assaulting a player during a game on Monday. The video showed the coach of a nine-and-under youth football team from Savannah, Georgia striking a player twice in the helmet. The incident took place on Monday during the team's opening game at the American Youth Football National Championships in Kissimmee, Florida. American Youth Football received the video on Tuesday morning and told Yahoo Sports that the coach's actions were a "complete breach" of the organization's code of conduct.