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Bill Chappell

High school football coach who led prayers on the field will get his job back

Joseph Kennedy, seen here taking a knee in front of the U.S. Supreme Court last spring, will return to coach at Bremerton High School. His practice of praying on the field sparked a court case over accommodating religious expression in public schools. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The coach's insistence on praying on football fields after games cost him his spot on the sideline — and resulted in a Supreme Court victory on religious freedom grounds. Now Joseph Kennedy will return to the position he lost in 2015.

Kennedy will be "reinstated to his previous position as assistant coach of the Bremerton High School football team on or before March 15, 2023," according to a federal court filing from his attorneys and the school district in Bremerton, Wash.

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