Texas Basketball Coach Chris Beard Suspended After Felony Domestic Assault Charge

“The university takes matters of interpersonal violence involving members of its community seriously,” the university said, adding that Rodney Terry, the team’s associate head coach, would serve as an acting head coach for the Longhorns game in Austin on Monday night, against Rice University.

The school did not say whether it would open an investigation into Beard’s case, or whether Terry would continue as acting head coach after Monday’s night game.

Bond for Beard was set at $10,000. He appeared on Monday before a judge, who told Beard that an emergency protective order will be issued against him for two months. The order will prevent Beard from carrying a firearm or ammunition; appearing within 200 yards of the woman he was accused of assaulting; or appearing within 200 yards of the home where the reported disturbance took place. The order will also prevent Beard from speaking to the woman in a threatening manner.

Beard posted a cash bond and was released from the Travis County Jail on Monday afternoon, according to the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.

Perry Minton, a lawyer for Beard, said in a statement on Monday that the coach was “100 percent innocent of these charges.”

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