Tom Rife, the head coach of Richlands High School's girls basketball team, hopped over the team's bench to get into an altercation with a heckling fan.
The incident will also be investigated by deputy superintendent Diedra Hill, Richlands High School principal Rickie Vencill and Richlands athletic director Frank Daughtery.
Rife has been a long-standing coach with Richlands High, having spent his first stint with the school as the Lady Blue Tornadoes head coach from the 1970s until 2005. He was also the boys' basketball coach. Rife returned to the program when Aaron Lowe was dismissed after seven seasons. However, this incident may lead to his immediate removal as head coach.
"Our girls deserve better," one person wrote on Twitter."I expect the immediate termination of head coach Tom Rife."Rife's team went 22-2 on the season, but lost, 54-51, in this Region 2D girls basketball tournament game to Wise Central High School.
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