'We're getting f***ed in the a**': Kentucky high school basketball coach resigns after locker-room speech is posted online



A Kentucky high school basketball coach has voluntarily resigned after footage was posted to Facebook showing him cursing more than two dozen times while speaking to young athletes.

Lynn Camp High School's boys' basketball coach Tyler Wagner was shown in two videos using explicit language with his team in the locker room, criticizing them for playing fearfully and lacking "common sense" on the court.

"There's not s*** out there. We're getting f***ed in the ass by a bunch of f***ing kids who want it more than we do," Wagner said in the first video. "That's why they're f***ing top-10 in the region."

"That's why we're bottom of the f***ing scale," he continued. "[Because] we think we just deserve it ... that's why you're gettin' your ass kicked every goddamned day," the coach added.

In the second video, Wagner specified that his players were being too apprehensive in their defensive play and seemed afraid to go hard at the other team's basket.

"Don't just f***ing stop! Like, what are we doing?! We have no common sense. We're playing back so far that we can't f***ing do nothing!" he complained.

"What is it, 12 points, 14 points in a f***ing half? In a f***ing half?! 14 f***ing points! Quit being scared when you go in there and just launching it up."

'I allowed the competitive environment to get the best of me.'

Wagner apologized in a statement, noting that the video was actually from 2023, as the latest season hasn't started yet.

"The language that I used in this video is not acceptable in any manner. I allowed the competitive environment to get the best of me and for that I am truly sorry," Wagner wrote, per the Lexington Herald-Leader. "I have fully accepted that what I did was not right, and I pledge to be better."

A Knox County, Kentucky, spokesperson said county officials had been "informed of a situation showing a coach inappropriately discussing issues with players."

"We are unable to discuss specific personnel matters. The coach has since voluntarily resigned from the position," the spokesperson confirmed.

Comments on the Facebook videos were seemingly entirely split between the two sexes, with women generally saying the coach went too far while men chalked it up to tough love.

"Coaches lead by example and are supposed to teach them how to be respectable young men," one woman wrote.

"This is ridiculous. ... You will not make these boys tough or play better cussing them like this," another said.

"This coach needs to be fired!" a different woman replied.

Men's comments were as follows:

"[It's so] when/if they go to college they don't get their feelings hurt because college coaches are 10000 times worse than this," a user named Brandon said.

"So when they become adults and go off to college they know how to handle it," another man wrote as a reason for the coach's language.

"This is light compared to my coaches coming up," another Facebook user said.

More women supported the coach than men who condemned him, with at least one woman stating that she wasn't familiar with the locker-room dynamic of men's sports until it was explained to her.

"At first I was upset with the whole thing until my husband explained to me. He could dial down the cussing but he's doing what a coach does."

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Angry, high-ranking state lawmaker appears to try pulling down pants of HS basketball referee, admits he 'acted the fool'



A high-ranking Tennessee state lawmaker was caught on video apparently trying to pull down the pants of a high school basketball referee during an argument earlier this week.

State Rep. Jeremy Faison — chairman of the state House Republican Caucus, the Tennessean reported — later admitted he "acted the fool" and was "bad wrong" and hoped to apologize to the official for his actions, according a statement he posted on Twitter.

Republican Tennessee state Rep. Jeremy FaisonImage source: Tennessee General Assembly website

What are the details?

Johnson City's Providence Academy recorded live on Facebook the game against Lakeway Christian Academy, which was visiting Tuesday night, the paper said. Video no longer exists on the school's Facebook page, but versions of it can be viewed on social media.

With seconds to go in the third quarter, a fight over a loose ball led to technical fouls for both teams, the Tennessean said. Video shows Faison sitting in the stands before heading to the court while referees broke up the fight, the paper said.

Game official Paul Pendleton later filed a report with the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association — standard procedure following incidents at games — and the report said Pendleton told Faison to leave the gym, the Tennessean said.

Faison began to walk away before turning and pointing at an official, the paper said.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @HeartlandSignal

"You can't tell me to leave the floor, this was your fault," Faison said to Pendleton, the Tennessean said, citing the report.

Then video shows Faison bending down and apparently attempting to pull down Pendleton's pants, the paper said, adding that the referee's report said Faison tried to pull his pants "down and off."

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @HeartlandSignal

The Tennessean said shouts were heard as Faison walked away and someone called for police.

The report states Pendleton asked a game administrator to call the police, but police weren't called and Faison left "without further incident," the paper said.

Here's the clip:

TN State Rep. Jeremy Faison, House GOP Chair, tried to fight and depants a high school basketball referee.\n\nFAISON: "Unfortunately, I acted the fool tonight and lost my temper on a ref. I was wanting him to fight me. Totally lost my junk and got booted ... I was bad wrong."pic.twitter.com/qlBttjWZsg
— Heartland Signal (@Heartland Signal) 1641414753

What did the state lawmaker have to say?

While the Tennessean said Faison couldn't be reached by telephone for comment by mid-afternoon Wednesday, he had plenty to say on Twitter.

"For years I thought how wrong it is when a parent looses [sic] their temper at a sporting event," Faison wrote on Twitter. "It’s not Christian, and it’s not mature, and it’s embarrassing to the child have always been my thoughts."

He added, "Unfortunately, I acted the fool tonight and lost my temper on a ref. I was wanting him to fight me. Totally lost my junk and got booted ... from the gym. I’ve never really lost my temper, but I did tonight, and it was completely stupid of me. Emotions getting in the way of rational thoughts are never good. I hope to be able to find the ref and ask for his forgiveness. I was bad wrong."

I acted the fool tonight. \nI\u2019m hoping to be able to make it right.pic.twitter.com/W8PINvTue5
— Rep. Jeremy Faison (@Rep. Jeremy Faison) 1641347570