Texas tech suspends Bball coach for telling players “there is always master and servant”

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Texas Tech has suspended Mark Adams pending an investigation into insensitive comments he made to a player last week, source told @stadium.


Adams told Stadium that the comments he made were not racist, and that he was quoting a bible verse when he told one of his players that there is “always a master and a servant.”

“I was quoting the scripture,” Adams told Stadium.

Adams addressed the team the following day, but said it was to explain the situation. He said he did not apologize.

“One of my coaches said it bothered the player,” Adams said.

According to sources, Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt was notified of the incident by the family of the player late last week.

There was also a separate incident earlier in the season the school is also investigating in which Adams spit on the player. Adams told Stadium he had gone to the doctor, had a bad cough and slobbered on the player during the game.

“I can spit on you whenever I want to,” one person close to the situation said Adams responded to the player.

“I don’t remember saying that,” Adams said.

Adams is in his second season at the helm after being promoted from his spot as an assistant coach. Texas Tech was 27-10 last season and went to the Sweet 16, but the Red Raiders have struggled this season and are 16-15 overall and 5-13 in Big 12 play.

Texas Tech plays West Virginia in the first round of the Big 12 tourney on Wednesday.

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