ULM: OL coach’s crisis at player ‘unacceptable’

• Paolo Uggetti, ESPNNov 2, 2024, 10:21 PM ET

UL Monroe stated it will take disciplinary action versus offending line coach Cameron Blankenship after he made physical contact with a player on the sideline throughout Saturday’s 28-23 loss at Marshall.In a video from the TV broadcast, an animated Blankenship, who remains in his first season at ULM, can be seen running onto the field to yell at a player. After ripping off his headset in anger and tossing it on the ground, Blankenship continued to chew out offensive lineman Drew Hutchinson as he ran past him and off the field.Once Hutchinson left the field, Blankenship chased him before eventually

getting in Hutchinson’s face and pushing him with both of his hands. Several ULM players had to pull Blankenship away after he attempted to push Hutchinson again. “This habits is inappropriate and not how ULM football carries out company,” the school said in a

declaration.”There will be disciplinary action taken against the assistant coach. Due to the fact that this is a workers matter, the discipline will be managed internally.”Blankenship was New Mexico’s offending line coach in 2023. Before that, he was at UAB as assistant strength coach from 2016 to

2021, before becoming the program’s offending line coach in 2022. Saturday’s loss dropped ULM to 5-3 this season under first-year coach Bryant Vincent.