This story was updated at 7:55 p.m. on Oct. 17, 2022.

At Saturday night’s homecoming game, a member of the Fresno State football coaching staff punched a window that resulted in glass falling and injuring a mother and her daughter. On Monday, the Athletics Department was still not identifying the staff member, who has been placed on leave.

Right after the Spartans scored a touchdown at the end of the second quarter, staff and reporters in the next room heard a bang on the window and then the shatter of glass. Reporters ran over to the scene but were quickly told to return to their seats by Fresno State Athletics staff. 

Just minutes later, voices of people in distress could be heard screaming up to where the glass had fallen from. Emergency personnel quickly responded to the scene to give medical attention to those injured.

The glass in the coach’s box window is not tempered glass or safety glass, which would have broken into smaller pieces to make injuries less likely. Instead, the glass from the press box fell in large and small shards with jagged, sharp edges. 

Fresno State Athletic Director Terry Tumey on Sunday released a statement in regards to the incident.­

“Unfortunately, some fans were injured during last night’s football game as a result of glass that fell after a member of the coaching staff broke the window in the coach’s box above a seating section. We want to emphasize that the safety of our fans is a high priority, and the Athletic Department deeply regrets that this incident occurred,” Tumey said. 

“We have to have some disciplinary action until we can figure out what transpired. But our biggest concern right now, quite honestly, is our fans and the young women [who were injured], the child and her mother.”

Tumey said the woman and the young girl who were injured received treatment at Valley Children’s Hospital. A University Communications spokesperson said on Monday that she was not able to publicly disclose any status updates for anyone who was injured.

Several coaches sit in the booth during the games. According to Fresno State game notes, the Fresno State offensive coordinator, Kirby Moore, and defensive coordinator, Kevin Coyle, were both assigned to the booth. The Fresno State game notes do not state who else was assigned to the booth. Fresno State Football Head Coach Jeff Tedford told ABC30 that the person who broke the glass was a graduate assistant coach. ­

Doors to the press box were shut after the altercation, and press were asked to stay inside the room while authorities spoke to the graduate assistant coach.

The media was kept from entering the hallway, but a Collegian reporter left to return to the field for the remainder of the game. As the reporter approached the elevator, they witnessed authorities questioning a graduate assistant coach. The graduate assistant appeared to have a bandaged hand.

Fresno State’s University Communications confirmed that the Athletics Department is not currently providing the identity of the individual who was placed on leave. A spokesperson also stated that no charges have been filed related to the incident. 

Columnist Marek Warszawski of The Fresno Bee has called for more transparency from Fresno State in light of the violent act.

“Regardless, this was a highly visible betrayal of public trust that merited an out-front apology by the individual responsible. Instead, we got the careful administrative response from a university spooked by what that person might say and how it would be perceived in court,” he wrote.

The Collegian will continue to cover this incident in coming weeks.