The Kingfisher football coach who resigned his duties in August after an alleged incident at practice pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge relating to the investigation.

Micah Nall, 45, was charged last Monday in Kingfisher County District Court with one count of obstructing an officer.

He turned himself in Tuesday and was released on $1,000 bond. He entered a not guilty plea Wednesday and is scheduled to return to court Jan. 13, 2021.

“At this point, that’s the only charge we are filing,” Assistant District Attorney John Salmon told the Times & Free Press.

Nall had been Kingfisher’s offensive coordinator and line coach for seven seasons before resigning all coaching duties Aug. 27, one day before the team’s season opener at Alva.

The resignation came after a Kingfisher Public Schools investigation into an alleged incident at practice on Aug. 24.

Nall remains on faculty as a health and special education English teacher at KHS.

Multiple sources confirmed with the Times & Free Press that allegations of “hazing” by a coach stemmed from a football drill commonly referred to as “bull in the

The drill is designed to accustom players with the full-contact nature of football and consists of one player standing in the middle of several other players, who form a ring around him and take turns hitting or making contact with the “bull,” or player in the middle.

It was alleged that only one player was put in the middle for the entirety of the drill and the player took an excessive number of hits over an extended period of time.

“Safety of our students is our first concern,” KPS Supt. Jason Sternberger said. “So when this was brought to us, we immediately began an investigation.”

The father of the player who was on the receiving end of the hits told The Times & Free Press that his son finished that day’s practice and that he took his son to a doctor for an evaluation the next day. The father said his son was medically cleared to continue practicing and playing.

The Kingfisher Police Department began its own investigation Aug. 25.

Officer Charles Trout interviewed Nall, the alleged victim, his parents as well as a number of other players, their parents, coaches, KPS faculty and coaches from other districts, according to a probable cause affidavit.

In the affidavit, Trout said Nall attempted to obtain a copy of another coach’s written statement to Sternberger prior to Nall speaking with law enforcement.

The affidavit also states Nall “attempted to contact the Kingfisher County district attorney to influence the investigation.”

The affidavit called for charges of enabling child abuse by injury and obstructing an officer, but only the latter was filed by Salmon.