Famed basketball coach accused of biting player

[Amy in AZ.]

I can't imagine how this happened. He had coached there for 37 years.
A Bite on the Face: Famed Girls Basketball Coach Accused in AssaultNews Mississippi

 

[Amy in AZ.]

Anyone from Mississippi familiar with this man? Was he a loose cannon all of his career?

 

[chinamigarden]

A local very successful football coach in these parts was fired after, among other things hitting one of his assistant coaches with a cane. It was basically the beginning of dementia.

 

[Amy in AZ.]

I thought about that. Lute Olson, here in Tucson, went through some very public shenanigans before being asked to step down as basketball coach. He seems to have righted himself, now.

I think that Pat Summitt, had games where she was totally out of it, before being diagnosed.