Coach apologizes for remark over newspaper removal

Published Mar. 9, 2010 6:01 p.m. ET

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A Texas college football coach has apologized for applauding his players for removing campus newspapers from their racks because of a story about the program.

Texas A&M-Commerce coach Guy Morriss told campus police the actions by his players was ``the best team-building exercise we have ever done.'' On Monday, the former Kentucky and Baylor coach apologized for a ``lapse in judgment'' and said the comment was made facetiously.

Police were investigating the disappearance of newspaper editions that included a front-page article about two football players being arrested on drug charges.

A&M-Commerce athletic director Carlton Cooper said the Division II program would pay for the reprint of the missing edition, and that coaches and players would distribute it.