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Ex-Bowling Green coach Chris Jans apologizes for inappropriate conduct

By Patrick Schmidt

Mar 8, 2014; St. Louis, MO, USA; Wichita State Shockers assistant coaches Chris Jans and Greg Heiar watch from the sidelines during the first half against the Missouri State Bears at Scotttrade Center. Wichita won 67-42. Mandatory Credit: Scott Kane-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 8, 2014; St. Louis, MO, USA; Wichita State Shockers assistant coaches Chris Jans and Greg Heiar watch from the sidelines during the first half against the Missouri State Bears at Scotttrade Center. Wichita won 67-42. Mandatory Credit: Scott Kane-USA TODAY Sports /
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Former Bowling Green head coach Chris Jans apologized publicly for the first time since he was fired for inappropriate public conduct off the court.

Chris Jans apologized for his actions he called “inappropriate” after he was fired after one season as the head coach of the Bowling Green men’s basketball team on April 2.

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According to the school’s website, “Jans was terminated following an investigation into his recent public conduct. The University concluded that Jans’ public conduct failed to meet his obligations as a head coach and the expectations that BGSU Athletics has for its coaches.”

Video surfaced of Jans having inappropriate contact with a female patron at a bar after the season ended where he was touching the woman’s butt and was reportedly “sloppy drunk” and making sexual advances toward more than just the woman in the video.

“On March 21st I made a mistake for which I sincerely apologize,” Jans said in a statement. “After our final loss of the season I went to a bar to be amongst friends, became intoxicated and proceeded to act in a manner which was inappropriate. I have tried to instill in every student I’ve coached the importance of taking responsibility for one’s actions, and that is what I am trying to do now.

“I have been completely forthcoming and honest with the Bowling Green State University administration during this process. I immediately made efforts to apologize to those offended that evening including the woman who approached me that night to chastise me for my conduct. Although I have already apologized to my wife, my family, my players and coaches, I want to now publicly apologize to everyone else, including any one in the BGSU community who may have been affected by this matter — I am truly sorry.”

“Finally, I want to thank BGSU for giving me the opportunity to be its head basketball coach. I plan to use the future months and years to improve myself as an individual and to show them that their faith in me as a coach, and a person, was not unwarranted.”

Jans led Bowling Green to a third place finish in the MAC east with a 21-12 record and failed to make the NCAA Tournament.

He previously worked as an assistant coach under Gregg Marshall at Wichita State since 2007 and worked his way up the coaching ladder from Division III Elmhurst College in his first job in 1991, but it remains to be seen how willing an athletic director and university will be in taking a chance on Jans after his very public embarrassment.

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