Tech’s Adams actions down days after suspension
Texas Tech head coach Mark Adams has stepped down from his position, the school revealed Wednesday night, days after he was suspended for using what the school called an “inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive comment.”
Adams didn’t coach the Red Raiders in their Big 12 tournament loss to West Virginia on Wednesday, with assistant coach Corey Williams handling interim head coach tasks.
“My long-lasting objective was to help and be a positive influence on my players, and to be a part of the Texas Tech guys’s basketball team,” Adams said in a prepared statement. “Nevertheless, both the University and I think this event has ended up being a distraction for the Texas Tech males’s basketball group and the University, which I care about so deeply.”
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According to the school, Adams was encouraging a player to be more receptive to training and “referenced Bible verses about employees, instructors, moms and dads, and slaves serving their masters.” Adams said sorry to the team right away after the comment, the school said.Athletic director Kirby Hocutt was made aware of the occurrence. He released Adams a composed reprimand but then decided to suspend the coach to carry out a”more comprehensive questions of Adams’ interactions with his players and personnel. “Hocutt figured out that Adams’
comment was unintended and a separated incident following his inquiry.Texas Tech’s conference tournament loss dropped the Red Raiders to 16-16 on the season, 5-13 in conference play.North Texas ‘Grant McCasland and Oral Roberts’ Paul Mills, 2 previous Scott Drew assistants, are anticipated to be leading prospects to change Adams, sources informed ESPN.Adams was currently under pressure from prominent individuals around the program since of Texas Tech’s disappointing season, sources told ESPN. He signed a contract extension last spring that was set to go through the 2026-27 season and pay him$15.5 million over five years.Adams, 66, graduated from Texas Tech in 1979 and had actually been a coach with the Red Raiders since 2016, initially as an assistant under Chris Beard and the past two seasons as Beard’s replacement. He likewise spent two seasons as the program’s director of basketball operations under Tubby Smith from 2013 to 2015. Adams had actually been a long time college coach in Texas prior to joining the Texas Tech personnel, making stops at five schools over thirty years.