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BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (WOOD) — The coach credited with turning around Benton Harbor High School’s football team apologized Tuesday for some questionable comments made in a group text.
WNDU, the NBC affiliate out of South Bend, Ind. reports that screenshots of the texts show coach Elliot Uzelac allegedly responding to a photo of a black student standing in front of a car by writing, “How much drugs did he sell to rent that,” and adding later, “Our later drug dealers are doing well.”
In a Tuesday evening release, the district said that Uzelac admitted to the superintendent that he texted some of the statements to fellow coaches.
“I do regret and apologize for texting comments that were clearly inappropriate. Under no circumstances were these statements meant to be taken seriously. It has never been my intention to offend the Benton Harbor students or community,” Uzelac said, according to the district.
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