Two police officers discovered Asbury Park High School’s football coach, Nick Famularo, half-naked and trespassing on stadium grounds with a woman who was not his girlfriend early Saturday morning, according to a police report provided to NJ Advance Media. And after the ordeal, they found human feces on a rug and vomit on some of the football jerseys in the locker room.
Details on the incident come a day after school officials confirmed Famularo, 26, will not be coaching the Blue Bishops’ annual Thanksgiving Day game against Neptune.
Asbury Park school district spokeswoman Chanta Jackson declined to comment on Famularo’s employment status as of Friday, nor if any other staff members were suspended on pay. Jackson said Robert Ward will take over for the team’s game against the Neptune Scarlet Fliers following the incident.
When police responded to the school’s stadium Saturday on a report of trespassing at about 2:21 a.m., they found an open gate, authorities said in the report provided to NJ Advance Media following an Open Public Records Act request. Famularo, who was known by both police officers according to the report, was then seen sitting by the main entrance to the locker room.
Shining his flashlight at Famularo, the coach “stood up and walked toward (the officers) while holding what appeared to be a jersey covering the lower part of his body,” police said. One officer said he, “observed (Famularo) wearing a shirt and not wearing any pants.”
According to the report, Famularo told police he was locked out of his vehicle. Officers, who placed Famularo in the back seat of the patrol car since he was half-naked, did not call the fire department to unlock the vehicle since they pulled the registration back to Famularo’s girlfriend, police said.
After Famularo’s girlfriend arrived, a woman walked out from the direction of the stadium saying she had the coach’s facility keys, cell phone, jacket and car keys. Famularo confirmed the woman was with him, the report said.
Famularo ultimately left the stadium with his girlfriend, police officials said.
After police gained access to the locker room — with help from another football coach who was called to the stadium — they found “human feces on one of the rugs” and “vomit on some of the football jerseys (and other clothing which appeared to belong to Famularo),” the report said. No other people were found by police on the premises, the report indicated.
Additional details on the incident were not available. Famularo did not immediately respond to phone calls for comment Friday.
Mike Casey, Asbury Park Police Department spokesman, previously said that Famularo was not arrested and an investigation was not launched into the trespassing incident.
According to the Asbury Park Press, which first reported the incident, Famularo coached Asbury Park High School against Penns Grove in the state playoffs on Saturday at noon just hours after the incident — which top school administration were not aware of at the time.
Famularo graduated from Asbury Park High School in 2013. He was appointed as head high school football coach in July 2020 after taking over for Tim Fosque, who led the Blue Bishops the previous five seasons. According to the state pension database, his annual salary to coach the team is $18,900. A school official did not clarify if he held any other positions with the district.
His suspension comes amid an investigation into Wall High School, also in Monmouth County, over hazing and sexual assault allegations.
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Steven Rodas may be reached at srodas@njadvancemedia.com.