Football coach abruptly quits, leaves sign on door: ‘All Lives Matter to Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ’

Get the latest BPR news delivered free to your inbox daily. SIGN UP HERE


CHECK OUT WeThePeople.store for best SWAG!

An Illinois State football coach unexpectedly resigned from his position last week,  leaving a sign on the door of his office on his way out.

Illinois State offensive coordinator Kurt Beathard gave little information about his sudden departure but did tell The Pantagraph that he left a sign on his office door that read “All Lives Matter to Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ” before his exit.

School officials reportedly told the outlet about the resignation of the Redbirds coach last week and he confirmed it the next day, though no one would discuss the circumstances surrounding the seemingly abrupt decision.

However, Beathard’s resignation came after a recent incident involving a “Black Lives Matter” poster in the Illinois State locker room. The poster hanging in the locker room in the Kaufman Football Building was reportedly removed without permission, according to The Pantagraph which reported that the sources “asked not to be identified for fear of retribution from university officials.”

But Beathard denied that he had anything to do with the poster in the locker room or its removal.

“That locker room crap is wrong. I took the sign down somebody put on my door. That’s it,” he said. “I didn’t take anything off that wasn’t put on my door. I wrote the message.”

Beathard, whose nephew, C.J. Beathard, is a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, was in his third stint with Illinois State, having returned in 2018 and spending 15 years as a coordinator in the FCS. His father, Bobby Beathard, who is now 83, was a general manager for the NFL and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018,

According to The Pantagrpah:

ISU spokesman Eric Jome referred questions about Beathard or the incident with the poster to the school’s athletic department. Redbird head coach Brock Spack and director of athletics Larry Lyons both said Thursday they had no comment because the matter was a personnel issue.

 

Ghaali Muhammad-Lankford and C.J. Irvin were named as co-offensive coordinators in a press release last Wednesday after Beathard’s departure. The quarterbacks coach position is to be assumed by Andy Belluomini.

Weeks earlier, the school’s athletic director sparked an outcry after saying “All Redbird Lives Matter” during a video conference with athletes. The comment caused some college athletes to call for temporary boycotts of team meetings, workouts and practices. The group ISU student-athletes posted a list of demands and also organized an “Athletics March for Black Voices” at the beginning of September in response.

Lyons, who has worked in the athletic department for 30 years, apologized at the time, though many felt it wasn’t enough after he had ended his talk to about 460 athletes with the phrase “All Redbirds Lives Matter.”

“I ended that by saying what my intention was: you all matter to me,” he said.

“I’m cognizant of Black Lives Matter,” Lyons added. “When you wrap all those services and all those programs put together, that’s important too. It’s important we deal with some of those other issues. I made a mistake, and I tried to wrap it into something (and it was) offensive to student-athletes.”

Meanwhile, the sudden resignation of Beathard sparked an outpouring of support on social media.

DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW

Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!

Success! Thank you for donating. Please share BPR content to help combat the lies.
Frieda Powers

Comment

We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.

BPR INSIDER COMMENTS

Scroll down for non-member comments or join our insider conversations by becoming a member. We'd love to have you!

Latest Articles