{
  "id": 15028845,
  "title": "Providence Catholic football coach fired amid undefeated season now with Mount Carmel: official",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/providence-catholic-football-coach-fired-amid-undefeated-season-now",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-16T19:40:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/providence-catholic-football-coach-fired-194055556.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Providence Catholic's football coach, Tyler Plantz, was unexpectedly dismissed amid the team's undefeated season, according to an official speaking to ABC7. Plantz has since taken on a new role as a volunteer assistant football coach at Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, revealed by the school's athletic director, Phil Seagroves. Former Providence Catholic players have been expressing their support for Plantz, with an online petition amassing over 3,200 signatures as of Friday. The coach had guided the Celtics to two state championship games and maintained an undefeated start during the current season. Since Plantz's departure, New Lenox's football team has suffered two losses.",
  "summary": "The Providence Catholic head football coach who was surprisingly dismissed amid the team's undefeated season is now a volunteer assailant coach at another school in Chicago, an official told ABC7.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}