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Jilly_in_VA

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Thu Mar 9, 2023, 01:28 PM Mar 2023

Texas Tech's men's basketball coach resigns after making racially insensitive comments

Texas Tech coach Mark Adams, who had been suspended recently for racially insensitive comments made toward one of his players, resigned shortly after the Red Raiders were eliminated from the Big 12 Tournament on Wednesday night.

Second-year assistant Corey Williams had led the Red Raiders in their 78-62 loss to West Virginia.

The incident involving Adams occurred in a meeting with a player, who wasn't identified, Texas Tech said Sunday in announcing his suspension. The school said Adams "was encouraging the student-athlete to be more receptive to coaching and referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters."

Red Raiders athletic director Kirby Hocutt learned of the incident last Friday and issued a written reprimand, and Adams coached them in a regular season-ending loss to Oklahoma State the next day. But after Hocutt investigated the situation further, he decided to suspend Adams just three days before the start of the Big 12 Tournament.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/09/1162199279/texas-tech-basketball-coach-resigns-racial-comments-mark-adams

I kinda don't think they would have suspended him if this weren't part of a pattern, no matter what he says.

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Texas Tech's men's basketball coach resigns after making racially insensitive comments (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Mar 2023 OP
referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters??? GreenWave Mar 2023 #1

GreenWave

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1. referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters???
Thu Mar 9, 2023, 01:33 PM
Mar 2023

That guy is seriously loco!

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