Former SMU quarterback Tate Wallis was arrested on Thursday, after being charged with an improper relationship with a student as an educator.
Wallis, who currently serves as an assistant football coach at the University of North Texas, was a high school teacher in Argyle from 2017 to 2019. According to a police report, the relationship with a student happened during that time. The report concludes that the relationship occured on two separate occasions; once in October of 2019, and again in December.
Wallis has been suspended from his post at UNT as the football program investigates the situation.