Screengrab of the video showing the coach pulling the ponytail. A coach of a high school women's basketball team in the US has been sacked after he pulled a player's ponytail at the end of a match.

A coach who was fired within hours of pulling a player's ponytail after a loss in a New York girls basketball state championship game issued an apology Sunday, saying his actions were unacceptable.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) – A high school basketball coach has been fired after he was caught on camera yanking a player’s ponytail. Video captured Northville High School basketball star Hailey Monroe ...

NORTHVILLE, N.Y. -- A New York high school basketball coach was fired after he was caught on camera pulling a player's ponytail during a state championship game. Coach Jim Zullo was fired by the ...

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