TowerLight –

This letter is being written on behalf of many current and former players of the Towson University football team. Head Coach Rob Ambrose has openly disrespected and mistreated members of the team on a consistent basis. This is also true of the Defensive Coordinator Coach Matt Hachmann. Please excuse the language but this is a descriptive example of a statement coach Ambrose made following a practice during the week of our game against St. Francis this current season.

In as exact words as possible he stated: “I do not care what your religion is. I do not care if I offend anyone. But even if Jesus and his disciples come in here on Saturday, we are going to fuck them up and get them the fuck out of here.”

That particular statement offended many players on the team especially those with strong Christian beliefs. On top of that, there are many other questionable things said we believe are crossing the line of ethics He has also made remarks on the lines of ruining players live to the point where they would not be able to transfer to any other school if they cross him to a certain extent. Some members of the team are scared to speak up because of the perceived personal repercussions if the coaches caught wind of it. But it has gotten to the point where many players have talked about quitting even in the midst of winning games.

There is also many violations in practice hours per day. We have been presented with practice logs that coach Ambrose submits weekly which we have found to be completely inaccurate. Ambrose holds punishment runs almost daily throughout the week at 6 a.m. but does not post them on any of his practice logs. He also logs inaccurate time lengths of our practices and meetings. This is an issue we have already presented to the compliance office.

“Listen — are you guys listening? LISTEN UP. I do not care what your religion is. I do not care if I offend anyone. Even if Jesus and his disciples come in here. Even if God himself floated on in here with Buddha on his shoulders while holding an accurately-drawn picture of Muhammad. Hell, even if your own grandmother used some type of reverse-Looper technology and walked in here holding YOU as an infant while singing hymns and begging for peace. We are going to fuck them up and get them the fuck out of here. FUCK. THEM. UP. You guys hear me?”

“Yes!”

“You gonna fuck them up!?”

“Yes!”

“Even if it’s Jesus or Buddha with a Muhammad picture or your own grandmom opposite-Looping us while holding you as a baby!?!”

“Ye-uh..wait actually, coach–”

“YEEARARARGGH!!!”