Lynn Camp middle and high school basketball coach Tyler Wagner resigned from his role on Wednesday after multiple videos of his locker room speeches made their way onto social media. He can be seen swearing at his players while insulting their on-court abilities.
The videos are from last year and, all things considered, fairly innocuous.
Lynn Camp Schools are located in Corbin, Kentucky. They enroll approximately 1,200 students — total — in grades Kindergarten through 12. Wagner was hired to lead the boy’s middle and high school basketball program in 2023. The Tigers went 8-20. His resignation comes approximately two weeks after tryouts were held for his second season at the helm.
I first want to apologize for a recent video that has been made public. The video was recorded last year, Fall 2023, at the very beginning of our season. The language that I used in this video is not acceptable in any manner. I allowed the completive environment to get the best of me and for that I am truly sorry. I have fully accepted that what I did was not right, and I pledge to do better. I am not perfect, nor have I ever claimed to be.
I want to apologize to my players that were in the locker room, the parents of those players and to the student body of Lynn Camp High School. I am truly sorry that you had to hear that and be part of this controversy. My actions were not acceptable, my language was not acceptable, my language was not acceptable, and I need to be a better example if I am going to be a head coach or mentor for my players.
I am stepping away as the Head Coach of Lynn Camp Boys Basketball, resigning effective immediately and I plan to work on myself and on becoming a better representative for my school, my family and the kids at our great school.
— Tyler Wagner
The school district did not provide any further comment. However, the sudden ouster relates directly to a pair of videos from the locker room. One of the Lynn Camp players secretly filmed Wagner speaking to his players in the locker room at halftime of a blowout loss.
His use of profanity was the reason for the outrage. He cursed more than two dozen times in approximately 90 seconds.
Wagner calls out his players for their poor play in a manner that was deemed unacceptable by the local community. The videos racked up more than two million views on Facebook from when they were posted last week to the announcement on Wednesday afternoon.
Although there is always a way to approach the same situation without using explicit language, the videos do not reflect anything super out of the ordinary in sports. Especially from a head coach of a bad team.
For example, here is one of Kirby Smart’s legendary pregame speeches:
This is my m***********h coach pic.twitter.com/hgoGRmnO5m
— DawgStats (@DawgStats) January 10, 2023
Sure, there is a big difference between middle and high school athletes and college athletes. But with that being said, Smart’s speeches are typically met with high praise. Tyler Wagner was essentially pushed out of his job as a high school basketball coach.
Is that fair? It’s up for debate.
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