A youth basketball player's father has been charged with felony assault ... after video captured him barreling over a ref during his son's game last month.
Prosecutors in King County, Wash. tell TMZ Sports ... 31-year-old Mark McLaughlin has been hit with one count of assault in the second degree after they say he violently knocked over a referee in a Dec. 16 altercation, causing serious injuries to the official.
According to court documents, authorities say McLaughlin became so enraged after refs touched his son following an on-court incident at a middle school basketball game .