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TCU coach Gary Patterson apologizes for repeating racial slur

Aug 05, 2020, 2:15 AM

TCU linebacker Dylan Jordan alleges that head coach Gary Patterson used a racial slur on multiple occasions this weekend during a confrontation. However, several players are coming to Patterson's defense saying the remark was out of context.

TCU coach Gary Patterson apologizes for repeating racial slur

UPDATE (Aug. 5): TCU coach Gary Patterson apologized on his personal Twitter account for using a racial slur in front of players over the weekend. 

"I apologize for the use of a word that, in any context, is unacceptable," Patterson wrote in the statement. "I have always encouraged our players to do better and be better and I must live by the same standard." 

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