A Hall of Fame girls basketball coach in upstate New York apologized Sunday after being fired over the weekend for violently yanking the ponytail of his star player and appearing to berate her following an emotional loss.

A high school basketball coach in New York state was fired Friday night for the incident. Police are now looking into whether charges could be brought.

A few days ago, a high school basketball coach was fired after he was caught on camera yanking the ponytail of one of his players. Northville head coach Jim Zullo was caught on camera pulling the hair of a player.