An Indiana high school coach was ejected after he disagreed with a call and threw a chair and a basketball on the court during a loss at his alma mater.
Nick Moore, who is now the head coach at Lighthouse, was given two technical fouls an ejected after the incident captured in the video below:
So I just saw this video from a high school game last night in Indiana. You’ve got to be kidding me that there are still coaches doing this. Referees don’t deserve this type of disrespect. I wonder what the @IHSAA1 is doing? #Ridiculous pic.twitter.com/ohmlOlh0hi
— David Kaplan (@thekapman) January 30, 2021
After the final buzzer, Lighthouse assistant coach Kevan Ford also threw a chair onto the court.
Moore and Ford were both key players on Bowman’s 2010 Class A state championship team. After the game, Moore had this to say:
“I’ve had a chance to reflect,” Moore said. “I feel like I could’ve handled things in a better manner. Just looking back on it, we talk to our kids about sportsmanship, and we don’t condone technical fouls and the type of acts that I displayed. I never want any of my players to display that kind of behavior, so I probably could’ve found a better way.”
According to NWI.com, Moore and Bowman AD Arthur Haggard had words as the incident unfolded:
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“He summoned for me to come to him, and I told security to stand down,” Haggard said. ” … When I came over there, he got to ranting and raving about the refs, and I told him, ‘Nick, we share the same referees.’ But then he began saying, ‘I built this (expletive) house.’ I told him to calm down and that we had all kinds of media there, like Region Sports (Network), and the principals.
“He said, and I quote, ‘I don’t give a (expletive) about the principals or Region Sports. I built this (expletive).”
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Moore recalls a different sequence of events and said he did not use profanity toward the officials or Haggard.
He said he was frustrated with the officials’ “unequal” calls throughout the game, which he believes put his players at a disadvantage.
“The referees wouldn’t talk to me, so I said, ‘I need to speak to the athletic director. I need to speak to Haggard,'” Moore said. “They told me, ‘No, we got the game, and we’re going to control the game. You don’t run this.’ They wouldn’t call him, so after I threw the chair, I went and sat on the scorer’s table. Haggard came and then we talked.
“I didn’t cuss (at) Haggard, I didn’t cuss (at) the referees. I didn’t throw my hands up, I wasn’t trying to fight or intimidate anybody. I sat there, and we had a conversation, and he said, ‘Well, you gotta leave.’ And that’s when I proceeded to leave.”
Moore added that while he was sitting on the scorer’s table Haggard told him, “That’s why you’re getting your (expletive) kicked,” though Haggard vehemently denies that ever happened.
