Sideline dustups during football games tend to grab headlines.

Such was the case Saturday night – during Week 1 of the AHSAA football season – when Rush Propst in his return to Alabama high school football as the coach for Pell City threw his headset and a player who just happened to be his son.

The moment, as reported by AL.com’s Joe Goodman, came during a game stoppage after a personal foul penalty against Moody for a late hit out of bounds. The hit out of bounds started a scuffle between the two teams near the Pell City sideline.

Seeing his son attempting to rush into the fray, Propst reacted by ripping off his headset and throwing it at his son. The headset broke and so did the Internet.

Generally, cooler heads prevail. On occasion, however, things get out of hand.

In light of Propst’s latest viral moment, here are six other sideline altercations that came to mind as a result of the news.

1. Elba coach Pate Harrison, 2019

In 2019, Harrison resigned, after being suspended for shoving his son from behind during a sideline altercation with his son during a junior varsity game.

“I have not had an open Friday night in September in 14 years, so I’ve been kind of lost I would say,” he said in 2019. “Last Friday night, we went out to eat and it was 6:30 and I was there looking at my family. I haven’t had that in 14 years. It hasn’t been fun.”

Video of the incident showed the coach shoving a player from behind, and Harrison said in an apology posted to the football team’s website that the player was his son. The coach explained he lost his temper after his son told him to “shut up.”

2. Dothan coach Jed Kennedy, 2022

Kennedy was suspended from all activities for one week after a shoving incident on the sideline of the Wolves’ win over Opelika in 2022.

The incident involving Kennedy and volunteer assistant coach Early Walker took place in the final minutes of Dothan’s 14-7 win over Opelika and attracted statewide attention when a video of it was published on social media.

The video showed Kennedy slamming Walker to the ground as Dothan’s Raymon Blackmon was scoring the go-ahead touchdown on a 57-yard run with 2:14 left in the game. Officials threw a penalty flag for sideline interference on Walker, apparently prompting Kennedy’s reaction.

3. Then-Lipscomb coach Trent Dilfer, 2021

The then-Lipscomb Academy coach Trent Dilfer, now the coach at UAB, took full responsibility in August of 2021 for a heated confrontation with one of his players that was caught on video and went viral.

The incident occurred in Lipscomb Academy’s 62-7 win. The player is Beau Dawson and is the son of another former NFL kicker Phil Dawson.

“During a moment of frustration in an attempt to get our team to play with more discipline, I unfairly singled Beau out,” Dilfer said. “Somehow Beau Dawson has been portrayed publicly as the culprit in this situation, when in reality I should have been a better leader and shown greater wisdom and discernment in how I handled this incident. Overall, I could not be more proud of Beau and the rest of our team for how they handle the emotional nature of each game they compete in.”

4. Alabama coach Nick Saban, 2010

In hindsight, you may think this is mild compared to the high school examples show above, but that didn’t stop it from being a major storyline when it happened.

As a redshirt freshman in 2010, AJ McCarron received what was called a spanking from Saban after throwing an ill-advised pass in mop-up duty against Mississippi State. After that game, Saban said football is for tough people.

“I’m not apologizing for anything that I did, to be honest with you,” Saban said in 2010. “AJ doesn’t have a problem with it. Nobody else should have a problem with it. I’ve been patted on the ass since 9-years old playing peewee football. So, if you don’t like that, I guess you should watch the Golf Channel.”

5. Then-Colquitt Co. coach Rush Propst, 2015

It was mentioned earlier that Saturday’s incident wasn’t Propst’s first rodeo.

Propst was initially handed a one-year suspension for the incident when he head-butted a Colquitt County player during the Class AAAAAA state playoffs. The incident happened in the second quarter of the Packers game against Mill Creek, which was televised by Georgia Public Broadcasting.

Propst, wearing a visor, head-butts Packers kicker Luis “Baby Lou” Martinez, who is wearing a helmet. It gained a lot of attention.

“Yeah, I’m fine,” Propst said at the time. “I didn’t have to have a stitch. It wasn’t (as bad as it) looked. Sometimes you have to get your players going, and I think you all realize I’m pretty passionate about what I do. I didn’t think our intensity level was where it needed to be.

“(Long-time football coach) Erk Russell used to do it all the time. I’ve done it once since 1999. I think I did it once at Hoover. I did it a bunch at Alma Bryant.

“It hit a small little vessel up there. … For us after that incident, in the second quarter, we only gave up two first downs after that, so it got the message across.”

The Georgia Professional Standards Commission later dropped the suspension completely and instead issued a reprimand.

6. Alabama’s Mekhi Brown, 2018

More times than not these examples are of coaches. However, back in 2018, it was the Alabama linebacker who went after an assistant coach on the sidelines during the College Football Playoff national championship.

With Georgia leading Alabama, 20-10, Brown was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct after he appears to throw a punch. Alabama coach Nick Saban chewed him out on the sideline, and then it appears an assistant coach tried to get a word in when Brown lost his temper.

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.