A female basketball coach of the New York High School, who was fired during the weekend for taking the hair from one of his players after a defeat in the state championship game, was summoned this week by the harassment in the second degree, according to the officials.
Jim Zullo, 81, was fired from his work as a chief coach of the Northville High School The female university basketball team on Sunday after he was caught in the video pulling the hair of a player, Hailey Monroe, after the Falcons lost the state -class final against the Fargeville Central School on Friday night.
Jim Zullo, left, trains the girls of the Northville high school at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York, on March 4, 2024. (Sam Zullo through AP)
The Central School District of Northville issued a statement announcing the decision and said it was “deeply disturbed” Zullo’s actions.
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“We have our coaches with the highest standards of professionalism, sportsmanship and respect for our athletes students, and this behavior is completely unacceptable. The district is committed to ensuring that this type of behavior does not take place within our programs, and we will continue to maintain the values of respect and integrity that our athletes, families and the community expect and deserve.
“This individual will no longer be a coach for the Central School District of Northville,” the statement continued. “We assure the public that this matter is being taken extremely seriously, and the district is actively addressing it. The district will continue with the affected players and their families to provide support and describe the actions we are taking in response to this incident.”
The incident occurred when both teams aligned for the ceremony after the game, which included handshakes between the players and a awards presentation at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy.
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On Monday, the Department of Public Security of Hudson Valley Community College issued a statement confirming that Zullo met with the officers and received an appearance ticket for appearance for Harassment in second degree.
Will return in court at a later date.
Zullo issued a statement during the weekend by apologizing for his actions.
Jim Zullo received an appearance ticket for the harassment in the second degree by the Public Security Department of Hudson Valley Community College on Monday. (Istock)
“I deeply regret my behavior after the defeat against Fargeville on Friday night in the class championship game D. I want to offer my most sincere apologies to Hailey and his family, our team, the good people of Northville’s central schools and our community,” he said in a statement Obtained by Wnyt.
“As a coach, under any circumstances, it is acceptable to put my hands in a player, and I am very sorry. I would like to recover those moments. I am grateful for the opportunity to have trained the basketball of the girls in Northville in the last two years, especially last season, which was a difficult time for our family. I am super prullosing of all these young women and what they achieved. And I wish you the best and I wish you the best and I wish you the best and I wish you the best and I wish you the best and I wish you the best and I wish you the best and I wish you the best and I wish you the best and I wish you the best and I wish you to do great things and I wish them well, and I wish you the best and I wish you to do great things. “
Zullo had previously won a state championship with the Shenendehowa High School’s male basketball team in 1987 and advanced to the state final in each of his two seasons with the women’s team in Northville.
He took the job there in 2023 at the request of his wife, who was fighting cancer at that time. She died during that season.
