FOWLERVILLE, Mich. – A Livingston County mother said her now 15-year-old son left the Fowlerville High School wrestling team after he reported being urinated on in the locker-room showers.
She said the accused student kept competing, promised changes never materialized, and months later, she’s still waiting for accountability.
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“I almost feel like it took away a small part of his innocence,” she said.
After a tip to the investigators at Local 4 about the disturbing incident, one of the Investigators on Local 4, Erika Erickson, has been working to get answers on what really happened.
The boy’s mother, who is choosing to remain anonymous for her son’s safety, said her son feels he had no choice but to walk away from the team. And what’s worse, she told Local 4, is that since this happened four months ago, she hasn’t heard anything more from the school or the district.
She described her son as the kind of kid who looks tough on the outside -- a then, typical 14-year-old boy who loved sports and video games, but she said, of course, there’s much more to him than that.
“On the inside, he’s got a huge heart, like a big ole teddy bear,” she said.
The alleged hazing incident
The mother told Local 4 that her son seemed fine until the afternoon of Jan. 2, 2026, during the wrestling season at Fowlerville High School. She said after practice that day, her son got into the car and didn’t hesitate: “He got in the car and just blurted it out and said, ‘I don’t want to do wrestling anymore,’” she said.
She said she asked why he would suddenly want to quit a sport he loved. Her son’s answer, she said, was blunt and shocking.
“People were peeing on my face in the shower,” he told her, according to the mother.
She said he described being in the locker-room showers when another student was above him.
“He was standing washing his face and the offender was, like, above him,” she said.
Erickson: “Urinating on him?”
Mother: “Yes.”
The mother said the urine got into her son’s mouth. Horrified, she said she later filed a police report “to have it on record.” She said her son told her he didn’t immediately understand what had happened -- only that, according to the report, “he heard everyone was laughing so he turned to see what it was about… and ‘other people that were in the shower … told him that another boy just peed on him….’”
Before going to police, she said she reached out to the coach, Dan Coon, expecting immediate action.
“He did say there was going to be follow-up conversations and consequences for these young men,” she said.
She said the coach later followed up again, showing compassion and saying there would be an investigation. She said Coon told her that the Athletic Director, Jeff Finney, would be reaching out, which she says he did.
“[Finney] told my son that there was going to be some changes with the structure of wrestling practices and showers,” she said.
Erickson: “Did you see any changes? Were they wrestling?”
Mother: “No. I did not see changes. And they continued to wrestle.”
‘They’re trying to cover it up’
She says the boy who allegedly urinated on her son stayed on the team and kept competing.
“If that was my son doing that to someone else, I would’ve pulled him myself from the team and said you can’t continue,” she said.
The mother said she hadn’t heard anything from the athletic director since January, and that she was only able to express her concerns during a conference call with the Vice Principal and Principal of Fowlerville High School, but still, she said, nothing was done.
“I definitely feel like they’re trying to cover it up,” she said.
Still in January, she said Coach Coon kept encouraging her son to wrestle while trying to investigate the alleged assault. But on Jan. 8, 2026, Coon, who had coached for roughly 37 years and had been inducted into the Michigan Wrestling Association Hall of Fame, suddenly left the team the same day she said he had talked to her son.
“I got a notification on my phone that, effective immediately, the coach was no longer employed through the school,” the mother said.
The former coach told Local 4 that while he’s walking away from Fowlerville wrestling, he isn’t walking away from wrestling completely -- confirming that the hazing incident did play into his decision to resign.
The boy’s mother said her son ultimately left the team a few days later as well.
Erickson: “You’ve gone to the Athletic Director and the Coach, and the Principal and the Vice Principal. Now you’re coming to us.”
Mother: “Yes.”
Calls to the athletic director, school and district
Local 4 reached out to the school’s Athletic Director back in January. In a phone conversation, Jeff Finney said, “I would probably forward those concerns to the central office.”
And again, in March, a call to the athletic director was met with his voice mail.
Local 4 also contacted the Superintendent and each Fowlerville School Board member individually asking if the district investigated, what corrective actions were taken, if any, and if the district notified law enforcement. The only response received came from the Superintendent of Fowlerville Community Schools, Matt Stuard, who wrote:
“Fowlerville Community Schools takes student safety and student conduct seriously. When situations involving student conduct arise, the District reviews them through appropriate administrative and athletic channels, involves relevant personnel, considers law enforcement involvement when appropriate, and responds in accordance with the student handbook, athletic handbook, board policy, and District procedures.
Because these matters involve students, the District is limited by federal and state privacy laws and cannot comment on specific allegations, student records, discipline, or personnel matters. The District remains committed to maintaining a safe and respectful school environment and to responding promptly and appropriately when concerns arise.”
Erickson: “What’s accountability for you?”
Mother: “Just to be held accountable for your actions. He got to finish his season winning medals and awards as if nothing had happened.”
The Investigators on Local 4 reached out again to the Superintendent and the Athletic Director in April, asking what the district plans to do about this alleged incident, and has not yet heard back.
The boy’s mother said that as of April 2, 2026, she has not heard from any school officials about the incident since January.