Are you guys talking past each other?
He took a leave of absence before charges were filed. According to Badge, the AD policy is to suspend someone from the team when charges are filed. It appears that the leave of absence prior to formal filing of charges made the AD policy moot.
Whether the coach supports him prior to the filing of charges might be one thing, but I assume the coach would be 100% overruled by the AD if formal charges are filed in an incident such as this.