I hate to say this, but the coach put himself into this situation to begin with. I am a firm believer that once you make your bed, you get to lay in it. I was amazed that this thread has gone this far. There are some angry people today on here. Unfortunately one coach has made a bad name for a club. If the club deals with the individual, then that is all that needs to happen. I would be one of the individuals that would not mind knowing who the coach was...I have a 1 year old that will be playing soccer when the time comes. There is no way I would let my child play for an individual that would strike a child. Chapin Dad brings up a good point with how things are reported within the soccer community. If you have a club that does report it, good. If you don't, then an induvidual can have the opportunity in the future to get themselves into trouble again. This is a damned if you do, damned if you don't point. I can see the anger by those that are affiliated with the club...but hey, it was your coach that got themselves into this, I don't recall anyone forcing them to do something they didn't want to do.
