USF men s hoops coach out after report detailing unacceptable comments to players
Evan Axelbank reports
TAMPA, Fla. - University of South Florida assistant men s basketball coach Tom Herrion is out of a job after an investigation substantiated comments he made that either toed the racial line – or went over it.
In 23 pages, Lightfoot Sports Law of Birmingham, Alabama, which was hired by USF, detailed the three-month investigation that involved interviews with 17 members of the program.
Three comments were substantiated, including one where Tom Herrion saw a player wearing a sweatshirt supporting historically Black colleges and he asked, What s up with all that Black [expletive]? I thought you were [redacted].