North Clayton football coach Donald Shockley, the father of Falcons quarterback D.J. Shockley, has resigned after a school board investigation found he kept photos of an assistant principal in lingerie and sexually suggestive poses on a school computer.
It was the third probe into misconduct against Shockley in five years, according to school board records obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution under state public records law. Clayton County School Board spokesman Charles White confirmed Wednesday that Shockley resigned Jan. 7. Shockley had been placed on administrative leave with pay on Dec. 14.
Shockley was head coach at North Clayton since 1994 and an employee in Clayton County schools for 23 years. He also was the school's athletics director.
In the latest incident, Shockley acknowledged an intimate consensual relationship with an assistant principal, according to a school board investigative report. The report concluded that keeping the images on his computer represented "a failure to adhere to a written directive, which constitutes insubordination." The report recommended a long term suspension or termination of employment.
The assistant principal also has resigned, White said.
The investigation began in December when photos of the assistant principal, taken by Shockley, were posted on the Internet and circulated among students at the high school, the report said.
The photos were discovered, downloaded and distributed by a student whom Shockley had asked to work on his laptop computer, according to the report.
Shockley said Wednesday he hoped to teach and coach again but declined to discuss the investigation.
"I just want to be done with it," he said. "I'm just enjoying time at home now."
Shockley had received two previous warnings of misconduct from the school board, according to his personnel file.
In 2004, Shockley received a letter of caution for inappropriate contact with a female student during a fitness class, although investigators concluded there was no wrongful intent.
In 2003, Shockley was reprimanded for a series of e-mails to another female co-worker after Clayton County police responded to an alleged assault at the high school on Shockley and the co-worker by the co-worker's husband.
Shockley's 14-year coaching record is 82-66-1. Some of his top former players include his son D.J. Shockley, a current Falcons and former Georgia quarterback, and Georgia Tech freshman Morgan Burnett.
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