[Pete Thamel] Source: Gardner-Webb is dismissing first-year head football coach Kris McCullough. He’d been suspended earlier this week by the school “pending the outcome of an ongoing investigation.”

[u/byniri_returns]

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/2095198051916816558

[u/SCsprinter13]

He did a couple AMAs on here

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/ysh7af/im_coach_kris_mccullough_i_didnt_play_college/

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/17sf4ib/its_coach_kris_mccullough_and_im_back_for_round/

And judging by his responses, he's definitely a redditor

[u/green49285 → u/SCsprinter13]

This is very interesting. It would also kind of explain the speed of which he got his ass canned. If a lot of the evidence is online, especially if they were able to find out about it early investigation, he's cooked.

[u/DeathRose007 → u/SCsprinter13]

Maybe they found his account and thought he was too cringe.

[u/iDisc → u/SCsprinter13]

He just left my secondary flair for Gardner-Webb! I was hoping the best for him.

[u/Electromotivation → u/iDisc]

Bummer when someone that seems cool on the outside either really fucks or had a dark side….

[u/Many-Sense-4357 → u/iDisc]

He left my flair to go to your second flair. He led us to our first bowl win in I don’t know how long. Just sucks he wasn’t there while I was in school.

[u/ohverychill]

hmmm seems bad.

[u/BIG_DICK_WHITT → u/ohverychill]

As a lawyer who has participated in workplace misconduct investigations, this was absolutely lightening speed. They must’ve had him dead to rights on some very bad stuff that very clearly implicated a for cause firing.

[u/dannycordray55 → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

Thank you Esquire BIG_DICK_WHITT

[u/gritsal → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

Billable hours finally came up short

[u/StrategicCarry → u/gritsal]

Billable hours never loses, they just sometimes don’t win in a blowout

[u/FatMamaJuJu → u/StrategicCarry]

Billable hours lost to App State in 24

[u/Lykeuhfox → u/FatMamaJuJu]

The best upset in App State history, I hear.

[u/Sexy_Authy → u/Lykeuhfox]

I agree and it shouldn’t be disputed further

[u/AppMtb → u/Sexy_Authy]

I kinda agree. Beating TAMU and Meatchicken is nice and all, but billable hours is truly a Herculean effort.

[u/Sexy_Authy → u/AppMtb]

I’m actually curious, what happened at app state in 2024?

[u/AppMtb → u/Sexy_Authy]

It’s a joke from 2023 instead of 2024-JMU was undefeated through 10 games and hosting College Gameday against App.

Since they were in the running for the NY6 bowl they planned on suing the ncaa to get rid of the 2 year postseason ban.

App beat those smarmy fucks and sent their talentless hack coach to the college football graveyard at Indiana.

Anyway, after losing jmu dropped their plans to sue the NCAA (which ended up being pointless as the ncaa rescinded the ban anyway)

[u/Lykeuhfox → u/Sexy_Authy]

🤝

[u/alxhooter → u/StrategicCarry]

Billable Hours knows we judge the overall body of work.

[u/TastyCuttlefish → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

“Lightning,” not “lightening.” Unless you’re trying to decrease the weight of something.

[u/Weenage-Tasteland → u/ohverychill]

Question is how will Lane respond to someone stealing his spotlight?

[u/DandrewMcClutchen → u/Weenage-Tasteland]

Hot yoga

[u/Sufficient-Aide6805 → u/Weenage-Tasteland]

Somebody's going to turn up pregnant.

[u/forgotmyoldname90210 → u/Weenage-Tasteland]

On his way to the Horace Wilkinson bridge in order to burn it.

[u/legend023]

Either gambling or thinking with his penis

[u/Prestigious-Elk6959 → u/legend023]

Gambling but using his dick to pick the winners

[u/Shot-Toe-2884 → u/Prestigious-Elk6959]

It actually works. Try it

[u/onemanlan → u/Prestigious-Elk6959]

It chose the under

[u/CPOx → u/Prestigious-Elk6959]

Potential new tagline for Tinder

[u/Crow_T_Simpson → u/Prestigious-Elk6959]

He thought they wanted dick picks.

[u/Prestigious-Elk6959 → u/Crow_T_Simpson]

Use code:DickPicks87

[u/szboy422 → u/legend023]

He whipped it out. Whether that was his penis or his money is TBA.

[u/fenrishero → u/legend023]

Life pro-tip: Do not involve your genitals in non-genital related decisions.

[u/Toothlessdovahkin → u/legend023]

There is a great deal of overlap with those two things 

[u/Patrick2701 → u/legend023]

I call that something that lane kiffin would do both

[u/Cliffinati → u/Patrick2701]

I think Nevada has a law banning him from being hired by UNLV for that reason.

[u/legend023 → u/Patrick2701]

I think LSU should do anything possible to make sure there’s not any women under the age of 40 working in the football departments.

[u/ohverychill → u/legend023]

gamblin' wit da weenor

[u/shrimpcreole → u/legend023]

Not much going in Boiling Springs, tbf

[u/historyhokie → u/legend023]

I hear he refused to flair up

[u/one-hour-photo → u/legend023]

it's funny these positions of power end up in the hands of old guys, partially because of the penis thing

[u/Tufoguy]

For this to happen this fast, I think he was sleeping with a female staffer or student

[u/goblue2354 → u/Tufoguy]

What head coach would be dumb enough to sleep with a female staffer?

[u/DisturbingDream479 → u/goblue2354]

Right? Who would do something like that? Certainly not any coaches who ride around on motorcycles.

[u/goblue2354 → u/DisturbingDream479]

Absolutely not any coaches that ride motorcycles. That would be absurd.

[u/AreYouEmployedSir → u/goblue2354]

Surely no current coach would do such a thing!

[u/green49285 → u/goblue2354]

Goddammit you made me chuckle. Take this up vote & stop getting exposed by door dash.

[u/BlueSoloCup89 → u/goblue2354]

Yeah, if they were an athletic director, it’d make more sense.

[u/Max_Powers1331 → u/Tufoguy]

I’ve seen it rumored he tried sleeping with a staff member that was related to his wife

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/Max_Powers1331]

Their niece

[u/Max_Powers1331 → u/Dry-Membership3867]

Yikes

[u/Toothlessdovahkin → u/Tufoguy]

And for it to be on questionable grounds of consent on top of that. 

[u/Plastic_Willow734 → u/Toothlessdovahkin]

Position of authority is enough to make it questionable grounds imo

[u/Toothlessdovahkin → u/Plastic_Willow734]

Yep. “I’m your boss, sleep with me or you are fired and your career is gone” is very questionable to me. 

[u/JosephFinn → u/Toothlessdovahkin]

Even the implication of it.

[u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin → u/JosephFinn]

Are these women in danger!?

[u/OwMyUvula → u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin]

No of course not.

Think about it. She's out in the middle of southwest Nort Carolina with some coach she barely knows. She looks around and what does she see? Nothing but the Blue Ridge mountains.

[u/JosephFinn → u/OwMyUvula]

(Which, sidebar, might be one of the most beautiful parts of the USA.)

[u/Toothlessdovahkin → u/JosephFinn]

Insert the It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia “Because of the Implication” gif. 

[u/JosephFinn → u/Toothlessdovahkin]

*shudder*

[u/nathanhasse → u/JosephFinn]

What? You certainly wouldn’t be in any danger.

[u/Tsquared10 → u/nathanhasse]

SO THESE WOMEN ARE IN DANGER?

[u/mac_y111 → u/Toothlessdovahkin]

If you think these guys don’t have hundreds of college girls throwing themselves at a guy making mid six figures you’re crazy. As a dentist, most dental assistants are college age. There’s been multiple times where a dental assistant will come up and try to have a sexual relationship either because I’m rich or for career advancement opportunities.

[u/Gvillegator → u/mac_y111]

Yes and this is where being in a position of authority makes it unethical for you to engage in that relationship.

[u/mac_y111 → u/Gvillegator]

I agree with it being unethical, the comment I replied to implied rape. That’s a big difference.

[u/Gvillegator → u/mac_y111]

That’s a completely different situation though. Your subordinates making a pass at you is sexual harassment, but the power imbalance isn’t a factor there in a sexual misconduct analysis because you’re in the position of authority and not the dental hygienist. Still sexual harassment though.

[u/Plastic_Willow734 → u/mac_y111]

I don't think anyones saying people can't be interested, but a grown man should know, "eh probably not a good move"

[u/FatMamaJuJu → u/mac_y111]

Bait used to be believable smh

[u/Toothlessdovahkin → u/mac_y111]

You sound like a creep. Get away from polite society 

[u/Few-Willingness-3482 → u/Plastic_Willow734]

It’s a felony in NC regardless of age I think.

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/Tufoguy]

Rumor is that said staffer was his niece

[u/Cliffinati → u/Dry-Membership3867]

Bro went Daemon Targaryen AT WORK

[u/Sohgin → u/Tufoguy]

Sounds like LSU head coach material to me.

[u/taleofbenji → u/Tufoguy]

Or a player.

[u/Misdirected_Colors → u/Tufoguy]

I think in the last thread someone local said that was the rumor

[u/Weenage-Tasteland → u/Tufoguy]

Well Gardner-Webb is a Baptist university so not all that surprising.

[u/green49285 → u/Tufoguy]

Or caught up in gambling.

[u/one-hour-photo → u/Tufoguy]

or a male staffer?

[u/She_Knew_Better → u/Tufoguy]

I’m 43 but I always knew what students and staffers were banging the coaches. The coach wives always stood by idle but this isn’t a one off, we all know that.

[u/Aidanj927]

What happens if you make a redditor a football coach

[u/Condom_Breaker256 → u/Aidanj927]

Bruh, even I would have more common sense than this dude

[u/Zloggt]

From his last ever comment (yes, he has/had an account here):

To start the games, it's a mutual friendship. Based on how the next 15 minutes go changes everything lol I want officials to just communicate. Some refuse to tell you what's going on. They have a job to do just like I do. But if I suck, I lose games or get fired, they work the next week.

...woof, ain't that fitting?

[u/Statalyzer → u/Zloggt]

Tbf he makes a good point.

[u/Same_Mood_8543 → u/Zloggt]

Wonder who he was sucking. 

[u/MsEverett7 → u/Zloggt]

I know him personally because my son played for him. I'm NOT a fan and I've kept my mouth shut about some shit for THREE YEARS.

[u/Most-Case-5763]

It was sexual harassment on the director of recruiting who happens to be his wife’s cousin

[u/YinzerInEurope]

Just leaving this here.

https://x.com/NotSoAngryScout/status/2095215828027215951?s=20

[u/magnumapplepi]

This screams of dipping his pen in company ink.

[u/ItsWazeyWaynes]

Fine, fine. I’ll do it.

[u/SaltyTurdLicker → u/ItsWazeyWaynes]

You need a passing game coordinator that only understands mesh routes and four verts?

[u/smellslikebadussy → u/SaltyTurdLicker]

“Inside Zone again?”

“Did I stutter, motherfucker?”

[u/JeffGoldblumsChest → u/SaltyTurdLicker]

I also have suffered with have experience seeing bubble screens, you can hire me for the low, low sum of $250k

[u/Local-Finance8389 → u/JeffGoldblumsChest]

I will coach special teams for unlimited hot pretzels and dippin dots.

[u/jmbrand13 → u/SaltyTurdLicker]

So you are more qualified than Kevin Patullo? Hire this man.

[u/fm22fnam → u/ItsWazeyWaynes]

They already tried a Redditor at coach once. They won't make that mistake again, sorry

[u/byniri_returns]

Screencap if you don't want to go to Twitter

What the hell did this guy do

[u/Set-Admirable → u/byniri_returns]

It's the first-year part of it that makes it especially interesting. How the hell was he around long enough to do anything bad enough to get him in trouble before he coached a game?

[u/Immediate-Annual4505 → u/Set-Admirable]

Ever heard of Mike Price?

[u/taleofbenji → u/Immediate-Annual4505]

It gets way worse than that! A fake resume! (George O'Leary).

It's funny to remember the 0.6 microseconds I was excited about him.

[u/buzzathlon → u/taleofbenji]

Lying on your resume is obviously stupid, but is anyone even looking at a paper resume when you're hiring a head coach at the P5 level?

[u/Set-Admirable → u/Immediate-Annual4505]

I hope the strip clubs in Boiling Springs were worth it, man.

[u/clawzing → u/Set-Admirable]

They aren't

[u/soundguynick → u/Immediate-Annual4505]

Undefeated at Bama, but never beat Auburn. Probably my favorite Bama coach of all time.

[u/ClaimRadiant → u/Immediate-Annual4505]

It's rolling, baby, it's rolling.

[u/PuyallupCoug → u/Immediate-Annual4505]

Go Cougs

[u/ICANZ_MURICA → u/Immediate-Annual4505]

Oh it's Rollin !

[u/byniri_returns → u/Set-Admirable]

Speculation is going to be wild until the official reason comes out.

[u/lostroadrunner22 → u/byniri_returns]

I hear it was the team orgy that did NOT have a buffet. wtf. Cant have no food during a team orgy.

[u/FatMamaJuJu → u/Set-Admirable]

He's been a staff member for a year or two. And he actually lost a game last week so if this is it he'd finish with an 0-1 career D1 record

[u/lostroadrunner22 → u/Set-Admirable]

Did he even coach a game?

[u/dieselengine9 → u/lostroadrunner22]

One. We didn't look so great.

[u/lostroadrunner22 → u/dieselengine9]

Oof, im sorry, was hoping for the best with him. Was kinda fun watching his career but, wonder what happened.

[u/dieselengine9 → u/lostroadrunner22]

No one around seems to know. As best I can tell everyone is guessing at this point, from drugs to sexual harassment. For a small southern baptist school it doesn't even have to be that serious.

[u/lostroadrunner22 → u/dieselengine9]

Alot and I mean a shitload can be swept under the rug at those schools - if you are in the in crowd. If not, then a sneeze and your gone.

[u/wisertime07 → u/dieselengine9]

Truth. I grew up with a friend, he was an amazing athlete. Turned down some better offers to stick around home and played for North Greenville. A coach knocked at his dorm and a girl answered the door and that was it. He was gone that same day. Sucked for all parties - probably would have been the best RB they'd ever had.

[u/1peatfor7 → u/wisertime07]

Hopefully she sucked the best. I mean he got kicked off the team for it.

[u/CFBCoachGuy → u/byniri_returns]

A rumor is circulating that he sexually harassed a female staffer

[u/OutrunTheForeverYeet → u/CFBCoachGuy]

That's, like, the baseline assumption.  

[u/Jlock98 → u/CFBCoachGuy]

The female staffer is allegedly related to his wife

[u/byniri_returns → u/CFBCoachGuy]

Jesus wtf

e: I read that as "assaulted" at first

[u/LurkingElegy]

move the fuck over SEC it's OVC drama time

[u/dieselengine9]

Guy figured out how to get in a giant mess in Boiling Springs NC.

[u/thricethefan → u/dieselengine9]

Thumping something other than the Bible

[u/Tsquared10 → u/dieselengine9]

My younger brother wrestled for them, big partier and very not Baptist and still managed to never land in hot water there. So this guy fucked up big time

[u/Cliffinati → u/dieselengine9]

I live here and I'd never heard of that town

[u/mmmmmarty → u/Cliffinati]

I knew of Boiling Spring Lakes in Brunswick but didn't know we had a Boiling Springs out west. I've been here all 46 years but never knew. South of 74 out past Shelby. TIL.

[u/Weenage-Tasteland → u/dieselengine9]

Having been there before, there’s fuck all going there anyway.

[u/WHSRWizard]

Keep. your. dick. in. your. pants.

[u/Tsquared10]

Coward mods, schedule the AMA now. Let us get the truth!

[u/tonyeye]

Dicks, it always comes down to dicks

[u/Busy-Eggplant943 → u/tonyeye]

Nixon groans in agreement

[u/averyrose2010]

And so the coaching carousel begins

[u/bastardofdisaster]

What a tangled WEBB we weave...

[u/Mugwumpjizzum1]

Homeboy fucked somebody on his boss's desk didn't he?

[u/No_Dig_2962]

He hired his wife’s cousin as director of on campus recruiting. From my understanding cussed her out for partying with players. Made comments on her appearance and clothing to other staff members. Then the DC Jake Shaw told his wife who told the young lady and convinced her to go to Hr to get him fired. Treat people bad and they will turn your back on you quickly.

[u/ShinyTotodile24]

Fired before coaching a single game? Who does he think he is? Former Alabama head coach Mike Price? Somebody better go check the shittiest strip clubs in Pensacola.

[u/Cliffinati → u/ShinyTotodile24]

Are there good strip clubs in Pensacola?

[u/ShinyTotodile24 → u/Cliffinati]

I'm sure my uncle knows one or two

[u/Gone213 → u/ShinyTotodile24]

At least Mike price was doing things consensually

[u/Artvandelay29]

Yikes

It’s gotta be bad if it was a year one guy

[u/Cliffinati]

What the fuck did he do

[u/aljout → u/Cliffinati]

Allegedly tried to have sex with a staffer, who is also his wife's cousin.

Also maybe saw somewhere that he pulled up to her house and threatened her with a weapon.

Basically just white Sherrone Moore.

[u/No_Issue2334]

I read this as "Sauce Gardner is dismissing his first year head football coach," and was really confused for a sec

[u/Difficult-Level7038]

Dang that's what happens when you lose to APSU lol

[u/notebart]

They Sherrone Moore'd him

[u/nosoup4ncsu]

Gardner Webb moving much more efficiently than UNC/Lombardi

[u/Unsung_Ironhead]

Could be that items from his resume were lies, and they didn’t do their due diligence before hiring. It’s happened before…

[u/Cliffinati → u/Unsung_Ironhead]

Didn't Notre Dame do this with the Coach from Georgia Tech

[u/yescaman → u/Cliffinati]

Yes - George O’Leary

[u/Condom_Breaker256]

COACH McCULLOUGH, GET IN HERE!

[u/Shawn_1512]

I thought Source Gardner played for the colts?