REFEREES: FORMER GAMECOCK STAR HAS ANGER ISSUES, VINDICTIVE STREAK
Recently this website received an anonymous tip about Union County High School football coach Steve Taneyhill – the flamboyant former quarterback at the University of South Carolina from 1992-95.
According to our source, Taneyhill had a “history of extreme profanity” on the sidelines – and that efforts to reign in his bad behavior prior to the 2013 football season were greeted by some less-than-savory retribution tactics on the part of the coach.
We reached out to several high school referees familiar with the situation – and each of them confirmed the substance of what our source said. Specifically, we’re told that one of the referees who attempted to address Taneyhill’s sideline etiquette was “blackballed” and banned from officiating games involving Taneyhill’s Yellow Jacket squad.
These sources say additional vindictive measures were directed toward one of the referee’s family members – a player on the Union football team.
Wow … all that so a hotheaded coach could avoid a few 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalties?
Taneyhill – a native of Altoona, Pennsylvania – took over at Union High School (3A – Region 3) prior to the 2012 season. His team finished last season with a disappointing 2-8 record.
At South Carolina, Taneyhill was the MVP of the Gamecocks’ 24-21 win over West Virginia in the 1994 Carquest Bowl – the first postseason victory in school history. He holds school records in completions (753), passing touchdowns (62) and ranks second all-time in passing yardage (8,782).
Taneyhill is perhaps best remembered for autographing the Tiger Paw at the center of Frank Howard Field in 1992 following the Gamecocks’ 24-13 victory over Clemson – a win which broke a four game South Carolina losing skid in the series.
The long-haired signalcaller was undefeated in two career starts at Memorial Stadium – beating the Tigers again in 1994.
Stay tuned for more as FITS continues to investigate this story …
76 comments
Fire his sorry ass !
Yeah, take FITS and some Tater-@$$-kisser’s word for it…
Still waiting on your limp dick ass to show up at BOB’s, peckerhead
I know, find the grown redneck Dumb@$$ man …wearing the Blue Bib…right???..You still order from the kiddie meals???
What’s that? – not quite sure if you said you were coming or that you have cummed and wont be coming
If you do happen to get all that sand out of your vagina, you may want to put a heavy coat of blistex on both your vagina and ass. Odds are your month is going to continue to write checks your ass can’t cash – fucking asshole
“checks my mouth can’t cash”…now that’s original..ain’t it bo…LMAO…
What’s original is you’re ASS backwards…then again, Ass-To-Mouth might be your thing?
What are you talking about Dumb@$$????
Original line: “checks my mouth can’t cash”…Nice to know you found the edit button’…Dumbass. LMAO!
Paranoid much?
You do know this is not the first time you’ve done this?? Great Christian example you display. Lying fuck.
I find it very interesting how liberals, who hate God, immediately advise Christian behavior…as in to manipulate…
The religion of liberalism answers to your false gods: the media, abortion industry, LGBT lobbyists; Obama; Enviro-terrorists; the elite media; DNC; academia…etc…
I decide who I square it with…In other words, keep your filthy judgments out of my chapel…
I don’t hate God, because I don’t think there is one, but if you Christians want me to respect your religion, then, please at least act like one. Lying to my knowledge is considered a sin by your faith. Good day, hypocrite…
Oh…so now you are going to demand I follow your orders in adhering to MY faith, that you don’t even believe in…Classic liberal-absurd logic…
PS: You are serving somebody. It might be the devil, or it may be the Lord, but you gotta serve somebody (Bob Dylan is right)….
And if you serve the Devil…you DO hate God…even though your gods may tell you, you don’t. To do their bidding is hatred of God…and if you don’t do their bidding, you are worthless to them, and I know you could not exist w/o their approval and acceptance…
Your failure to understand what and who you are..and what you are doing is common among your kind…but I know you better than you know yourself, it seems…and that makes you hate me as much as you hate God…
“PS: You are serving somebody…” All I’m serving are your “lips and assholes” hotdogs, GT…or should I call you Ignatius??
Also, Dipshit I’m not ordering you to do anything, but, if it’s your faith, then you should follow it if you want respect as a Christian. What’s so hard to understand about it? Well, if lying is the Lord’s work, then you’re doing it right…
@ GrandTango:
TWEEEEET!!!
*Throws flag*
TBG suspects you committed the internet foul of editing a comment after someone had referenced some DUMB@$$ error you made. Next time, SUCK IT UP* and play fair!
*Metaphorically speaking, of course.
Hope you have a comfortable chair, gonna be a long wait.
T’s roundin’ up his posse.
Y’all won’t be laughin’ when a bunch of Harley’s preceding BigT/GrandTango’s entourage of Escalades thunders into the BOB’s parking lot….
Damned Tango can dance to Tequila?
That dude in the blue bibs is still waiting.
Gee, a coach who gets excited about his team – yeah, fire him. $arca$m font
Do any of you actually GO to HS football games????… There are some inexplicably BAD calls being made….not sure Tanneyhill is the one at fault…
It’s like Eric Holder and the US (in) Justice Dept. There is no character or sense of right anymore…
Thanks to criminals running our gov’t under Obama, lawlessness abounds…and HS officials are as bad as Obama….
“Do any of you actually GO to HS football games????… There are some inexplicably BAD calls being made….not sure Tanneyhill is the one at fault…”
Bad calls at a sporting event? Say it isn’t so!
The lack of integrity seems to be at a peak right now, is the point. And w/ the inhabitant of the White House, that is not a surprise. When Clinton was in, liars were exalted, so that he would not look like the dirtbag and molester he is…
I Know it’s a little difficult for smaller minds to grasp higher-order concepts sometimes…You just rely on old cliches for Dumb@$$#$, w/o much ability to think……
So it may be a good idea for you to stay out of the deeper end of the pool…for your sake…
I love you man!
You may fear me…but you don’t love me. You likely hate me…
I could never hate someone who can’t tie their own shoes…
And now even high school football relates to Obama.
He’s at least left out Hitler for the time being…
Naw…The president has nothing to do w/ anything…Especially w/ Obama…What was I thinking…silly me…
If it makes you feel any better, blame Taneyhill’s team and their horrible record on Obama. Lord knows you can’t be an evil Kenyan socialist dictator without screwing with some random football team in a god-forsaken state like SC.
Before you rag to much on Taneyhill, he has several state championships under his belt in 2 in 8s and 3 at Chesterfield
I’ll bet he had to do make up in summer school to get through English class.
He’s always been a dick, it’s part of his genetic makeup.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ANWlKz5Qaq4/TqgAtOilHnI/AAAAAAAAAFU/1CjCZiEFcLw/s1600/tanneyhill.jpg
“…efforts to reign in his bad behavior …
*sighs heavily*
the devil is in the details
Truely mine bottling.
do you mean “mind Boggling”???
Meanwhile, at Byrnes High…
I still remeber ol’ Tanneyhill signing his name in Dead Valley…LMAO…and that Grand (Tango) Slam he hit out of Memorial Stadium that day still brings a smile…
TBG remembers it also. At the time he thought Tanneyhill was a classless Yankee punk.
Shockingly enough, this post has not changed TBG’s initial assessment.
He was definitely a punk – the upper classmen on the team universally hated his ass – and they hated him all the more because he backed up his BS with talent and touchdowns.
Better to rule in hell than serve in heaven.
Well ain’t that something? A vindictive, loud-mouthed, profanity spewing, obnoxious, know-it-all, carpet baggin’ Yankee. Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!!
AKA, showboating white trash.
If every ref could/would call an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty every time he decided to flap his gums in an angry, profanity-laced rant, maybe that would shut his yap.
“Keep going, coach! We’ll back your butt into the endzone and call a safety before long!”
When he was at Chesterfield, he thought he was better than everyone else!!!
His job was also being underwritten by a prominent (now deceased) Chesterfield business man. Many perks were provided under the table. Wonder if the IRS knows?
A born Republican.
Meanwhile the Democrats kids are over playing soccer and not keeping score and as a bonus at the end of the game everybody gets a trophy.
Republicans beat and rape their children to insure they get useful life lessons… to prepare them for the hell they’re creating.
It’s so refreshing to see honest and respectable dialogue!
Keep up the good work you two!
It’s my calling!
The point is not that he is a jerk (because he is). Obviously, many coaches “get excited’ about their teams or shout profanities during games; the issue here is that the referee’s relative (the player) was punished, which is a blatant abuse of power. (in addition, to “blackballing” the ref.)
Sounds like sour grapes to me – one complainer, whose kid was allegedly the subject of abuse. How’d that work exactly? Did he have his players target the kid or did he call him “fatboy” when he came near the sideline.
I film the games for my middle son’s HS team – anything he did would be on the game film. Time for some put up or shut up.
Yeah, well what I heard was that the kid is the quarterback and the coach refused to provide game film for him to send colleges. The kid had to go and ask other teams to help him get film. So…not exactly sour grapes. Sounds pretty vindictive to me.
Sounds to me like the boys parents ought to invest in a video camera. I film games for a local high school – the opposing team usually sends a videographer as well. I call BS.
If that is so, his ass should be fired.
I am a Taneyhill fan from way back. I loved watching him play at USC and now I love to watch him coach. He is very passionate about it. But if this is true about the player being punished because he was related to a ref…something needs to be done and someone needs to answer for it. This could mess up the kids future for college. Not Cool. I went to every UC game last year but one (just to see him coach) and I never seen him talk back to a Ref. I did see him treat some of his players pretty rough and I even commented that some parent was going to get mad about it. (i would if it were my child.) I hope Fitsnews does continue to investigate and keeps us informed. I’d hate to think I have been a fan for 21 yrs to someone who thinks he is entitled to act this way just because of who he used to be. And who cares if he is a yankee…he has lived in the South long enuf now to know that this is not how we roll!
Fits, keep digging on this one. There is a reason Tanneyhill didn’t get a ton of jobs he applied for, despite winning championships at Chesterfield. Shell Dula (a fine man by any standards) left the “search committee” when it appeared they were headed for the mullet boy – he didn’t want his name attached to that hire in any manner.
Taneyhill dog cusses not only referees, but his players. The AD and Principal have sat down with him. You can get by with a lot if you’re winning championships, but you better not be an asshole and lose a few games.
He’s a good coach. And an asshole and a sorry example for high school kids.
Wow…a coach who holds referees accountable. How dare he expect fair play…That’s unbelievable…
Yeah FITS…this sounds like a very RARE, RARE scandal. It’s one that is in your wheel-house, for sure..
…it’s right up there w/ Scott Wingo and the Haley Affair….
Funny..I best remember Taneyhill from his mullet, and yelling “Taney-hill” in cadence with about 15,000 other Clemson fans when he was getting pummeled in his own end zone at W-B, eventually losing 38-17 in a rout.
Oh yeah..doesn’t one have to graduate college to be a high school coach?
I believe so. But Clemson has a high school cheerleader coaching its college football team, so maybe not.
Gimme a C, Gimme a L,”” E, M 5, O,N. Whats that spell? “Clemsux.”.
he did graduate …in 2004 from USC
without a teaching degree!!
They didn’t hire him to be a teacher!
Is anyone really surprised? He is a coot after all.
So, “coots” say bad words, but Taters beat up on women? Is that what you mean?
No. Coots got that covered too:
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/03/17/usc_447636.shtml
…once a prick…
OMG! A football coach is cussing. The horror. We should fire all of them. This is a stupid article. Did some benchwarmer’s mom get mad?
I know the entire situation and a player was benched because a relative that is a high school ref spoke up about the language used by the entire coaching staff. Not just tannyhill. The relative had to go to the school board before the coaching staff would give them film on this player. He missed out on getting to play college ball at any level. Tannyhill is a great coach but lacks the ability to be humble or admit when wrong. This was a very true article.
Talk to some people who have actually worked with him. Great coach. Coaches hard. Some refs do suck, just like some people do, but at least they aren’t on the field. Football is not for everybody. Language is hard sometimes, like it is in the military. If a kid doesn’t like the demands, get out. Steve is way too smart to cuss at a ref. He might cuss about him afterwards, but stupid he is not. All coaches can and do blackball refs; its part of the game. Get over it.