Father Gets 13 Years for Shooting Youth Football Coach Over Son’s Playing Time

Shaquille Latimore, (2nd R), sits with two players on the youth football league he assistant coaches at a park in south St. Louis on Oct. 19, 2023. Allie Schallert/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP

ST. LOUIS—A father in Missouri was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Thursday for shooting and wounding a St. Louis youth football coach over his son’s playing time while 9- and 10-year-olds practiced nearby.

A jury found Daryl Clemmons, 45, guilty last month of assault and armed criminal action in the October 2023 shooting of Shaquille Latimore, a volunteer coach for the City Rec Legends Football League. He was hospitalized in critical condition but survived.