Chris Beard’s coaching career will end when he wants to, not when someone else decides for him. Because in America, allegedly biting and strangling a woman in your home is not enough to keep a good coach on the sidelines.
He just grabbed me and got super violent, read the affidavit from a woman claiming to be Beard’s fiancée. “He strangled me, threw me out of bed, bit me, bruised all over my leg, threw me around and went crazy.”
In Monday, The head coach of the University of Texas men’s basketball team was arrested for aggravated domestic violence and school suspend him without paying “until further notice.” How long does “additional notice” mean? No one knows like ESPN is reporting that the proceedings surrounding this case could take more than a year to conclude.
“Coach Beard is 100 percent innocent of these charges,” his attorney, Perry Minton, told the court. Austin America-Politician. “He should never have been arrested. The complainant wants him to be released immediately and denies all charges. It is truly inconceivable.”
But, what we do know is that Beard’s career is far from over. And that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be if the facts are as they appear. Just know that there’s a different set of rules for men like Beard in America, especially when it comes to coaching jobs – especially in college basketball.
Beard explodes nationwide when bringing Texas Tech to National Championship 2019. In a season many will remember for being featured by the Duke team featuring Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett, Cam Reddish and Tre Jones, it was Beard’s underdog Red Raiders that won a national title in season one. program first. -never appeared in the Finals, as they lost to Virginia in extra time. Since then, Beard has been one of the hottest names in college basketball. After two more successful seasons at Lubbock, UT hired him to bring their show back to glory. It worked. The Longhorns were ranked 7th and were rolling…until what happened on Monday happened. Texas was able to go on to beat Rice in extra time on Monday night without Beard like the Longhorns look to improve on their 8-1 record on Sunday when they host Stanford.
But, this column is not about Texas basketball. It’s about how history has shown us that the “current” head coach of Texas won’t have to whistle any time soon.
College basketball is such a wonder that it owns the whole month – March. No other sport has captured the attention of Americans for so long. However, college basketball is also a sport where the head coaches have a lot of power. And if you’re good – and white – then fans and athletic directors drink lots of elixir called “Oh, that thing was completely hyped. Give him another chance,” that will make it easier for them to forget about the coach’s guilt while also allowing them to remember how beneficial the coach himself is when it comes to winning games.
Here’s a list of college basketball head coaches who somehow still have jobs, can keep their jobs after a scandal, or will be rehired at some point. there.
𑇐 Greg Gard (Wisconsin) — A year after firing an employee for use the word FEMALE (resulting in the departure of one of the team’s few Black players), Gard almost had a team mutiny on his hand. He followed that up by started a brawl with Juwan Howard and Michigan in a handshake after the game and walked out of it looking like a victim. He is still working.
𑇐 Greg McDermott (Creighton) — Last year Bluejays’ The head coach must have fallen asleep Django Unchained when he gave his best portrayal of a slave owner. “Guys, we have to stick together. We need both feet in. I need everyone to stay on the plantation. I can’t let anyone leave the plantation,” McDermott told his group. The school suspended him for five seconds and quickly put the situation to the back. He is still working.
𑇐 Gregg Marshall (Wichita State) — In 2020, we discovered that Shocking Coach being a madman – as a former assistant describes him — after it was alleged that he strangled one of his assistants, punched a playerslams into another athlete and mocks the third runner Native American Heritage. have a long time investigation, but Marshall was not fired. Instead, he simply resigned and received a contract payment of $7.75 million.
𑇐 Mark Few (Gonzaga) — Last year TMZ release a video by Zags’ head coach since he was still arrested for DUI. Few people get drunk, get upset, and act as if the police are underneath him. The footage shows very few people refusing to take sobriety tests at the scene, as he claims they are “totally subjective”. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor DUI, was suspended for a few games, and the situation immediately ended. He is still working.
𑇐 Will Wade (LSU) — Former LSU coach caught in the act FBI wiretapping discuss how he pays players. Everyone heard it and he still went to work every day. LSU is suspendedafterward final Wade fired after violating NCAA went against him and his show, in a suggestive move that LSU will ignore federal evidence until the NCAA decides to sanction the school. He doesn’t have a job, but don’t be surprised when he gets rehired.
𑇐 Sean Miller (Xavier) — It was announced earlier this week that Miller will not be sanctioned by the NCAA’s Independent Settlement Panel from the aftermath of what happened while he was in Arizona. Miller and Arizona are part of the FBI’s investigation into the sport, and it is alleged that he paid DeAndre Ayton out of his own pocket. Miller has repeatedly refused to pay players. As you can see, Miller is training Xavier like nothing happened.
𑇐 Rick Pitino (Iona) — pitino dog There have been allegations and violations against him since he was a assistant coach in Hawaii in 1970S. He’s still training.
In the coming weeks and months, Beard’s employment status in Texas will be released. We will also know more about this case when the details and facts will be revealed. There’s a lot more to this story that we don’t know yet. However, given the way things tend to go, the conclusion of this story is as predictable as a product of Tyler Perry’s.
Chris Beard’s days as head coach are long gonem past. His combination of talent and chastity would save his career. Why? Because, sadly, someone somewhere is going to hire him because they care more about his suffocating defense than the fact that he was “supposedly” trying to strangle his fiancée. .
