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Texas Tech University announced its has suspended head men’s basketball coach Mark Adams over a “racially insensitive comment” he made last week.
In a news release, the school said that its director of athletics Kirby Hocutt became aware on Friday of an incident between Adams and a player.
The school said Adams, whose in his second year as the Red Raiders’ head coach, told the unidentified student-athlete to be more “receptive to coaching and referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters.”
Adams defended his comments were not racist in an interview with sports media outlet Stadium.
