Excessive Faculty Basketball Coach Fired After Angrily Yanking Participant’s Ponytail

An upstate New York highschool women’ basketball coach has been canned after he yanked a participant’s hair following their staff’s loss on Friday — an appalling second was caught on digital camera.

As you may see, Northville Excessive Faculty participant Hailey Monroe was already in tears after the sport, however so as to add insult to harm 81-year-old coach Jim Zullo appeared to viciously yanked her again by her ponytail.

Within the upsetting second — Monroe tried to tug away as one other participant appeared to inform Zullo to cease, however the coach was seen berating her, wagging his finger in her face and screaming at her.

WRGB studies that Monroe, the highschool senior and all-time main scorer, had fouled out of the sport earlier than the surprising incident unfolded.

Zullo tried to defend himself … telling NEWS10 ABC that Monroe allegedly swore at him after he advised her to shake palms with the opposite staff, and that’s when issues went south.

The Northville Central Faculty District launched an announcement saying they count on the very best requirements of professionalism and sportsmanship from their coaches, and Zullo’s conduct was completely unacceptable.

They made it clear he’s carried out not simply on the college however in the entire district, they usually’ll offer help to the gamers and their households affected by the incident.