Report: Howard coach Ron Prince accused of being verbally abusive, threatening players
The Howard Bison are off to a bit of a rough start under coach Ron Prince, who has the team sitting at 1-4 through five weeks.
It’s his first year as the team’s head coach, and he is already drawing negative reviews from parents and players. MEAC player of the year Caylin Newton (Cam’s younger brother) and three other players were transferring.
HBCU Gameday reported on Wednesday that Prince has been accused of threatening players with losing their scholarships and being verbally abusive:
HBCU Gameday has been contacted by several parents of Howard football players who accuse Prince of being verbally abusive and intimidating to the student-athletes. In separate conversations, parents accused Prince of sending injured players home without treatment and creating an atmosphere of intimidation within the program by the constant threat of loss of scholarships.
When reached for a comment, Prince instead declined, saying he has no idea about any complaints against him:
“I have nothing to comment on that,” he said on Wednesday afternoon. “I don’t have any knowledge of it.”
Howard lost 79-0 to Maryland in Week 1 and several players are transferring, so it’s not a good time to be a Howard player right now, it seems.
Wah wah wah coach is mean lmao, so he is harder than last year’s coach cry me a effin river…
Stay classy
LOL You’re a guy who probably rode the bench his whole life “Mamma say I make good wawter” LOL
No pussies on the field
Then you need to get off the field. LOL Ron Prince is a joke and has always been this way.
Let’s say if your boss was in your face everyday call you names and saying he was going to take your job. Would you stay and say nothing? No I don’t think so……
Never been in the military huh?
If you look at all the complaints and read the letter, it’s not just soft kids complaining. Look at the number of kids to transfer in ONE WEEK, four, including Cam Newton’s younger brother the starting QB. 6 more have quit, including a coach. And look at his track record from KState, Detroit Lions, etc. The guy has been this way his whole career and some of you wanna be fake tough guys jump in with dumb comments before reading.