The Atlantic Coast Conference issued a public reprimand of North Carolina women’s basketball coach Courtney Banghart for violating the ACC Sportsmanship Policy following North Carolina’s game against Duke on February 11. In addition, the league announced that an institutional fine has been issued to North Carolina ($5,000) as a result of the violation. The funds from the imposed institutional fine will be placed into the Weaver-James-Corrigan-Swofford Postgraduate Scholarship account.
The timing of today’s announcement follows the appeal process that was initiated earlier this week by North Carolina and coach Banghart.
Banghart’s social media post following the game was in direct violation of the ACC Sportsmanship Policy that states: “Public criticism of officials or public comments evaluating the officiating of particular contests is not in the best interest of intercollegiate athletics. Individuals associated with the athletics program are prohibited, therefore, from commenting while acting in an official capacity on officiating other than directly to the Conference office.”
The ACC considers this matter closed and will have no further comment.
