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Thanks for all the responses. To clarify, after the late hit, the coach yelled at the other player and moved quickly to grab him. It was at this point that he seemed to come to his senses and pretended that he was helping the kid up.
After some fishing, I located and threw a 2nd flag. USC on the coach. He weakly protested by saying "I was helping him up." I simply told him he can not put his hands on an opposing player. I think that he knew that he had flirted with ejection and he didn't argue.
My 2nd guessing resulted from:
A: On one hand, it was clear to me that he went after the B player and put his hands on him.
B: On the other I would not have flagged it at all if he had just helped the kid up. I don't like to interpret intent when I officiate.
Thus, there was a good argument for a more severe penalty and an argument for no penalty at all.
Again, thanks to all those that responded.
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