College football coach famed for Netflix show fired after calling officials ‘idiots’
Steady2 outlets reported this in 2 reports over 2 days
Tue, 1 September 2026Wed, 9 September 2026
What it is about
College football coachBuddy StephensNetflixScott AlsobrooksJim WaideMississippi Community CollegeMississippi Association Of Community Colleges ConferenceScooba, Mississippi, United StatesMississippi, United States
Who published it, and when
original reportfirst to report
The Guardian World
cdispatch.com
1 Sept, 15:51over 8 days9 Sept, 11:00
How it spread - 2 original reports
Tue, 1 September 2026
1 report- The Guardian World15:51first to report
Buddy Stephens, who was featured on Last Chance U, publicly criticized his school and league hierarchy A college football coach who rose to prominence in a Netflix documentary series about student athletes trying to make the big time on their final opportunity has been fired after publicly calling officials “idiots” for changing the structure of the league in which his team competed. Buddy Stephens, the coach in question, starred in the first two seasons of the gritty reality show Last Chance U...
Wed, 9 September 2026
1 report- cdispatch.com11:00
Buddy Stephens, the former head football coach for East Mississippi Community College, has lawyered up to fight his termination from the school.