A high school basketball coach has issued a grovelling apology after he was fired for yanking one of his players by the hair.

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A Northville Central, N.Y. high school basketball coach who was seen on video pulling a player's hair has issued an apology.

Upstate New York high school basketball coach Jim Zullo made headlines this week after he was caught on camera pulling a teen player's hair.

Northville High School fired girls basketball coach Jim Zullo after a viral video showed him pulling a player’s hair. Cameras captured Zullo yanking senior Hailey Monroe’s ponytail after the ...

NORTHVILLE, N.Y. -- A New York high school basketball coach was fired after he was caught on camera pulling a player's ponytail during a state championship game. Coach Jim Zullo was fired by the ...

Jim Zullo, formerly the coach of the girls team at Northville Central, was dismissed by the school in the Adirondacks after video footage showed him pulling the hair of player Hailey Monroe ...