Texas Tech suspends men’s basketball mentor Mark Adams for ‘racially insensitive comment’ towards participant

Texas Tech College suspended men’s basketball mentor Mark Adams on Sunday for working with what the university named “an inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive comment” toward a university student-athlete.

The university claimed Adams was trying to encourage the college student-athlete, who was not named, “to be far more receptive to coaching.” The university explained Adams “referenced Bible verses about personnel, instructors, parents, and slaves serving their masters.”

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Head coach Mark Adams of the Texas Tech Purple Raiders at Hilton Coliseum on Jan. 10, 2023, in Ames, Iowa. (David K Purdy/Getty Illustrations or photos)

The incident transpired last week.

“Texas Tech College has suspended men’s basketball head coach Mark Adams in relation to the use of an inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive remark past 7 days,” the school stated.

“On Friday, Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt was produced informed of an incident relating to a coaching session involving Adams and a member of the men’s basketball staff. Adams was encouraging the pupil-athlete to be much more receptive to coaching and referenced Bible verses about employees, teachers, mom and dad, and slaves serving their masters. Adams instantly addressed this with the group and apologized.

Head mentor Mark Adams watches for the duration of the Georgetown match at United Supermarkets Arena on Nov. 30, 2022, in Lubbock, Texas. (John E. Moore III/Getty Photographs)

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“On finding out of the incident, Hocutt dealt with this subject with Adams and issued him a created reprimand. Hocutt subsequently made the determination to suspend Adams effective immediately in buy to perform a more extensive inquiry of Adams’ interactions with his gamers and workers.”

Adams took the head coaching career at the begin of the 2021-22 year, replacing Chris Beard who took the Texas Longhorns occupation. 

The Red Raiders built it to the nationwide championship in 2019 only to lose to Virginia.

Head coach Mark Adams talks to a participant throughout the Iowa State Cyclones game at United Supermarkets Arena on Jan. 30, 2023, in Lubbock, Texas. (John E. Moore III/Getty Photographs)

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Texas Tech was 16-15 overall this time and would need to have a convincing operate in the Huge 12 Event to get to the major dance this period.