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Texas Tech<\/a> men\u2019s basketball coach Mark Adams resigned Wednesday night following controversy over a Bible reference he used referencing a slave and master when talking to a player.<\/p>\n

Adams was initially suspended for the comment over the weekend, but things went it a step further. He was also accused of spitting on a player \u2013 something he denied doing.<\/p>\n

“My lifelong goal was to help and be a positive influence on my players, and to be a part of the Texas Tech men’s basketball team,” Adams said. “However, both the University and I believe this incident has become a distraction for the Texas Tech men’s basketball team and the University, which I care about so deeply.”<\/p>\n

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Adams was suspended<\/a>\u00a0for using what the school called “an inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive comment” toward a student-athlete.\u00a0The school said Adams was attempting to encourage the student-athlete, who was not named, “to be more receptive to coaching.” The school said Adams “referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters.”<\/p>\n

The coach explained to Stadium on Sunday he was quoting a verse from the Bible and told one of the players there is “always a master and a servant.” He added that he was just “quoting scripture” when talking about a player being coachable.<\/p>\n

“I said that in the Bible that Jesus talks about how we all have bosses, and we all are servants,” Adams told Stadium. “I was quoting the Bible about that.”<\/p>\n

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Texas Tech said in a statement that Adams apologized for the incident, but he clarified that he addressed the issue but “didn\u2019t apologize.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Adams took the head coaching job at the start of the 2021-22 season, replacing Chris Beard who took the\u00a0Texas Longhorns job<\/a>. The Red Raiders made it to the national championship in 2019, only to lose to Virginia.<\/p>\n

He was also under fire for another alleged incident in which he was accused of spitting on a player.<\/p>\n

Adams said he may have “slobbered” on a player during the game by accident as he was battling a cold, according\u00a0to Stadium.<\/a>\u00a0He told the outlet he did not remember telling the player, “I can spit on you whenever I want to.”<\/p>\n

Corey Williams was named interim coach.<\/p>\n

Texas Tech finished the regular season 16-16 overall and 5-13 in the Big 12 Conference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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