Northville’s high school coach (New York), Jim Zullo, has been fired after throwing the ponytail into one of the team’s players. . It happened after losing the game that the Falcons were playing.
Zullo has apologized for what happened on the television network ABC: “I deeply regret my behavior. As a coach, under no circumstances it is acceptable to touch a player, and I’m really sorry.” The player who threw his hair is the last year student Hailey Monroe.
A New York high school girls basketball coach has been fired after he was seen pulling one of his players’ hair. has more on the shocking act caught on camera.
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After the gesture, the coach began shouting at him, before another player interposed between his teammate and him to stop the situation. Then, Zullo starts shouting both. Nothing that is said in the sequence is heard in the video. Zullo also tried to defend himself and justify the situation and declared NEWS10 That Monroe had insulted him after he asked him to shake his hand from the rivals.
in which they claimed to be dismayed by the coach’s behavior during the match for the New York State Championship of Class D: “We demand that our coaches the highest standards of professionalism, sportsmanship and respect for our students and athletes, and this behavior is completely unacceptable.”
Zullo was included in the Basketball Hall of the State of New York in 2006 after training the Indian Lake, Little Falls, Broadalbin -perth and Shenendehowa male teams. He left his retirement in the 2023-24 season to take the reins of the Northville women’s basketball team.