Now he was sharing the message with the masses? Matt 6:5-6 says he was doing it wrong.
What are the verses where Jesus encouraged evangelizing and how did He suggest doing it? And where he suggested public displays of prayers in a stadium full of people?
Yeah, Jesus was big on toeing the line with authorities. "Give unto Caesar . . ."
Mark 16:15-16
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Just a couple examples, but I could come up with multitudes more if you really want me to. It's readily apparent if you digest a bit of the Bible that Jesus encourages spreading the faith with whomever possible and whomever will receive it. He does not set guidelines on when and where to do so, but to do so whenever the opportunity presents itself.
While he does warn against "praying like a hypocrite" in Matthew 6, it is my interpretation that there he is addressing how we choose to pray as an individual and that quote is less apt to apply to group prayers. Again, the overarching goal is to practice and share the faith, and having a short prayer with other believers is a good way to do that. Matthew 6 reads very much like Matthew 23 below, where he refers to the Pharisees as hypocrites as well. He chastises them for doing what they are doing for attention and admiration as opposed to true divine intentions. This is NOT what the coach was attempting to do by having a postgame prayer. He was trying to practice and share his faith to those who would receive it, and not force it upon anyone else.
Matthew 23: 1-12 A Warning Against Hypocrisy
23 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
5 “Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries[a] wide and the tassels on their garments long; 6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; 7 they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.
8 “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. 11 The greatest among you will be your servant. 12 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
It is sad that we've gotten so PC as a society that people are becoming afraid to do anything remotely encroaching on controversial ground. As soon as they do, someone is bound to get butthurt and stretch the Constitution as far as possible in an attempt to bring the hammer down on the offending party, no matter how innocuous their actions. I do take serious issue with the fact that people are now trying to use the Constitution not to protect their own rights, but to try to dictate the playing field to others as well. Especially in seemingly harmless situations such as these.