CINCINNATI -- Vickie Hatter is furious and wants someone to explain why her son was humiliated last week during football practice.

The Cincinnati mother said her 10-year-old son’s coach sent the boy home from practice Friday in his underwear.

"He walks in with his T-shirt and his underwear and his cleats," Hatter said. "He said, 'Mom, you'll never believe what Coach Curt made me do.'"

Aucherae Washington explained that his coach had kicked him off the team after he deviated from team rules during a practice drill that had players running up and down a short hill.

"I chose to walk down the hill," Aucherae said. "I ran to the middle of it then started walking down so I don't bump into (anybody), because if I do that I'm going to knock them probably a couple feet back."

The boy said his coach berated him in front of the other players.

"'You're too slow for the team, you're no good for the team,'" Aucherae said the coach told him. "He told me to take off my stuff and give it back to him, and he said, 'While you're at it, take off my pants.'"

Aucherae said he complied with the coach’s order in front of his teammates and some parents and took a seat in the bleachers, wearing only a T-shirt and boxer shorts.

He said he walked to a neighbor’s house nearby because he didn’t want cheerleaders to see him in his underwear.

"He wanted a pair of pants," said neighbor Yvonne Workman. "He was upset, and he seemed like he was nervous and he didn't know what to do."

The coach denied any wrongdoing, and league officials said he has not been suspended because police have not charged him with a crime.

Police and league officials have each opened an investigation, and Hatter said she wanted some answers.

"What was going through his head at the time to have my child disrobe in a public park full of people, and how much he humiliated and took away his power," Hatter said.