A Black football coach at a Louisiana Catholic school was fired after a video showed the team saying n***a during a pregame chant.
Nathaniel Jones and two of his assistants were terminated at St. Augustine High School on Tuesday, according to ABC News. They were fired two days after videos of the chant were shared online.
The all-male and predominately Black student body can be heard doing a call-and-respond chant with an unidentified adult in the video.
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— HotBoy! (@TheJayBurns) October 9, 2019
“All I got is two pads. Two hands. Knock a n***a’s s**t loose,” they yelled.
The school condemned the language in a statement over the weekend. Officials would not reveal how they found out about the videos.
"We are shocked and embarrassed that such blatantly offensive language would be used at any school event and directed toward our student-athletes and opponents," the school said. "The behavior displayed in the video is indefensible and runs counter to our core values and our commitment to serving young men and their families."
The statement continued, "Not only are these actions hurtful to our community, but they also undermine the work of our founders, the Josephites, who are standard-bearers for equality and civil rights."
WVUE reported assistant football coach Kenneth Dorsey Jr. will serve as the interim head coach.
“Following a review of our football program, we have decided to go in a new direction,” school president and CEO Dr. Kenneth St. Charles said in a statement. “We thank Coach Jones for his contributions and service to St. Augustine and our football team. We are confident that Coach Dorsey and the remaining coaches on staff are committed to serving the scholar-athletes in our football program through this period of transition.”
