Basketball Coach Fired After Arrest for Home Violence

The College of Texas at Austin fired Chris Beard as head males’s basketball coach after he was arrested final month for home violence in opposition to his fiancée.

Chris Del Conte, the athletic director, mentioned, “The College of Texas has parted methods with Chris Beard. This has been a troublesome scenario that we've been diligently working by. Right now I knowledgeable Mr. Beard of our determination to terminate him efficient instantly.”

The Texas Tribune reported that Perry Minton, Beard’s lawyer, mentioned in an announcement that Beard was “crushed” on the information and mentioned the college had “violated their settlement with the coach.”

“On the outset of Coach Beard’s suspension, the college promised they might conduct an unbiased investigation surrounding the allegations and decide concerning his employment solely after that they had accomplished so,” Minton mentioned. “They proceeded to terminate Coach Beard with out asking a single query of him or his fiancée.”