Edson Maitland, the father of Morehead State point guard Malik Maitland, claims head coach Sean Woods head-butted his son last season.
ESPN has the report:
Edson Maitland, the father of Malik Maitland, said his son told him Woods head-butted him late last season but quickly apologized, asked for forgiveness and promised it would never happen again. He said his son told him he reported the incident to the team’s trainer.
He is now asking Morehead State to terminate Woods, who is suspended indefinitely with pay after he was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor battery for allegedly assaulting Malik Maitland and Soufiyane Diakite last month.
“We are very, extremely disappointed in coach Woods,” Edson Maitland told ESPN, as he read from a prepared statement on behalf of his family. “He came into our home and violated our trust, the trust that we put in him as a coach. Not only did we ask him to coach our son, but to treat our son just as he would treat his own son. He was reckless with willful intention in his action toward my son, inflicting such a pain on him.
“This is not the first time he violated our trust because last year, during the season, he head-butted my son and turned around and asked him to forgive him, and he apologized and my son accepted his apology and said he would never do it again. And as for the school, I’m still waiting for a response from them and to take corrective action and appropriate action without any form of a delay, saying they’re still investigating. And as for all the assistants that are there, working, I’m appalled because they are an extension of Coach Woods and I think the NCAA should step in and take appropriate action.”
