The Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office is investigating allegations that Ferris High School coach Jim Sharkey exposed himself to players at a leadership camp last summer.

At least three football players claimed that while Sharkey was grilling, he turned toward them with his exposed penis inside a hot dog bun.

The students said Sharkey told them something similar to: “You think that is a big dog – take a look at this,” according to a Spokane Public Schools investigation.

Sharkey denies the allegations. He’s coached the Ferris Saxons since 2006 and won a state championship in 2010.

Mark Sterk, the Spokane Public Schools director of safety, risk management and transportation, said he sent the case to Shoshone County on March 3. The district conducted numerous interviews with students claiming to have seen the incident prior to forwarding the case to Shoshone law enforcement.

The leadership camp occurred along the Coeur d’Alene River near Cataldo, Idaho on property owned by Bobby Brett, the majority owner of the Spokane Indians and Spokane Chiefs/Eli Francovich, SR. More here.

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