GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a former semi-pro football coach has been charged with practicing medicine without a license after he gave his players painkilling injections.
Pitt County deputies told media outlets that 47-year-old Marty Pittman told the parents of a player he had a valid paramedic’s license to give the shots. But the parents complained to state officials, who determined Pittman wasn’t licensed.
Deputies say Pittman gave his players injections of anti-inflammatory drug Cortisone and painkiller Lidocaine starting last September. He was head coach of the East Carolina Raiders, a semi-pro football team in Greenville.
Investigators say they found more drugs and syringes in a search of Pittman’s home along with forged documents that said doctors gave him permission to administer the shots.
Pittman’s son, Mike, says his father doesn’t want to talk about the case.
