{"id":9493,"date":"2025-03-25T13:43:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T13:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=9493"},"modified":"2025-03-25T13:43:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T13:43:38","slug":"high-school-coach-speaks-out-after-being-fired-for-pulling-players-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=9493","title":{"rendered":"High school coach speaks out after being fired for pulling player\u2019s hair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"show-inline-featured-image wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-main-thumbnail size-main-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/25103848\/shutterstock_2427976663-664x350.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/25103848\/shutterstock_2427976663-664x350.jpg 664w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/25103848\/shutterstock_2427976663-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/25103848\/shutterstock_2427976663-412x216.jpg 412w\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"350\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Sports can become incredibly intense at times, with a lot on the line during some matches. 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to La Fargeville at the New York State Public\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/tag\/high-school\/\">High School<\/a>\u00a0Athletic Association Class D finals 43-37.<\/p>\n<p>The event was being live-streamed, and a shocking moment was caught on camera. Since then, it has gone viral and confounded many people. Northville High School\u2019s coach, Jim Zullo, was seen pulling the ponytail of player Hailey Monroe.<\/p>\n<p>The coach seemed upset over the loss and went over to Monroe to pull her hair before he began to verbally berate her.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Monroe had sworn at the coach after he had told her to shake hands with the opposing team. After the video went viral of Zullo pulling the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/tag\/students\/\">student\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0hair, he was immediately fired.<\/p>\n<p>The school district responded to the incident. \u201cThe Northville Central School District is aware of, and deeply disturbed by, the conduct of the Coach of the Girls\u2019 Varsity\u00a0basketball\u00a0team during the Class D\u00a0New York\u00a0State championship game,\u201d the school\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/girls-basketball-coach-upstate-new-york-fired-pulling-players-ponytail-rcna197662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-1474888649\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\">\n<div id=\"ad-modul_intext_166865_1\" class=\"ad-space\" data-google-query-id=\"CPOFxqSupYwDFRKJgwcdukYjHA\">\n<p>\u201cThe District is committed to ensuring that this type of behavior has no place within our programs, and we will continue to uphold the values of respect and integrity that our athletes, families and community expect and deserve. This individual will no longer be coaching for the Northville Central School District.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After this, Jim Zullo issued a personal apology for the incident as well. He\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wnyt.com\/top-stories\/first-on-13-former-northville-girls-basketball-coach-speaks-out-since-friday-nights-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201cI deeply regret my behavior following the loss to La Fargeville Friday night in the Class D state championship game.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=newsner&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1904218096208138453&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com%2Fnews%2Fhigh-school-coach-speaks-out-after-being-fired-for-pulling-players-hair%2F&amp;sessionId=dade3a4db763773f1d7ab36625d22873911f2aff&amp;siteScreenName=newsner&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1904218096208138453\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI want to offer my sincerest apologies to Hailey and her family, our team, the good folks at Northville Central Schools and our\u00a0community,\u201d he began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a coach, under no circumstance is it acceptable to put my hands on a player, and I am truly sorry. I wish I could have those moments back. I am grateful for the opportunity to have coached girls\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/tag\/basketball\/\">basketball<\/a>\u00a0at Northville the past two years, especially last season, which was a difficult time for our family,\u201d he went on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am super proud of every one of these young women and what they accomplished. I know each of them will go on to do great things and I wish them well,\u201d he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/news\/us-news\/northville-high-school-basketball-coach-apologizes-hair-pulling-643291-20250324?fbclid=IwY2xjawJPTwhleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdaphVeGNYHFQ4QHa1JcRhUry1M5ynXx-3VZbbC8X4tQOYQQGN3IOqyM5w_aem_mwONcyCcB5IgGFPvqKeNmg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">concluded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shutterstock.com Sports can become incredibly intense at times, with a lot on the line during some matches. 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