Texas suspends coach Chris Beard over family violence charge
Associated PressAUSTIN, Texas — Chris Beard, who coached Texas Tech to the 2019 NCAA championship game and was hired away by Texas with expectations that he would elevate his alma mater to the same level, was arrested early Monday on a felony family violence charge after a woman told police he strangled and bit her. She said they had been in an argument where she broke his glasses before he “just snapped on me and became super violent.” According to the affidavit, the woman told police “he choked me, bit me, bruises all over my leg, throwing me around and going nuts.” She told police Beard choked her from behind with his arm around her neck and she couldn’t breathe for about five seconds. “The university takes matters of interpersonal violence involving members of its community seriously,” the school said in announcing Beard’s suspension. Texas freshman guard Arterio Morris faces a misdemeanor family violence charge stemming from a June arrest after an incident with a former girlfriend.
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