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Chris Beard Will Not Coach Texas Game vs. Rice Following Arrest

Editors’ note: This story contains accounts of domestic violence. If you or someone you know is a survivor of domestic abuse, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or at https://www.thehotline.org/

Texas men’s basketball coach Chris Beard has been suspended without pay and will not coach in the team’s game against Rice on Monday night following his morning arrest, the school announced less than two hours before tip-off.

“The University take matters of interpersonal violence involving members of its community seriously,” Texas said in a statement.