Texas coach Chris Beard arrested on third-degree assault charge against family member

Texas males’s basketball coach Chris Beard was arrested early Monday morning, in line with Travis County Sheriff’s Workplace data. Beard, 49, was booked at 5:18 a.m. on a felony third-degree assault cost of a household/family member after allegedly strangling a person at a home. Police responded to a “disturbance scorching shot,” at 12:15 a.m., in line with an Austin Police Division spokesperson, which is defined as “Incidents that are in progress and are a right away risk to life and/or public security (i.e. shootings, stabbings, rapes, riots). These calls are dispatched instantly.”

Beard stays in police custody as of Monday morning. 

“The College is conscious of the scenario relating to Chris Beard,” mentioned Texas in a press release. “We’re persevering with to collect info and monitoring the authorized course of.”

Texas poached Beard from Massive 12 rival Texas Tech in 2021. With the Pink Raiders (and for a brief stint at Little Rock previous to that), Beard rocketed himself into the highest of the teaching ranks as one of many sport’s rising stars. Beard went 30-5 in a single season at Little Rock, advancing to the NCAA Tournament, earlier than spending 5 seasons at Texas Tech, the place he went 112-55 and superior to the nationwide title recreation in 2019.

Beard, a former Longhorns participant, has been off to a quick begin at his alma mater. Texas reached the NCAA Event and received 22 video games in his first season and is 7-1 to begin the 2022-23 season, having reached as excessive as No. 2 within the AP High 25. 

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