INDIANAPOLIS - Bowling Green fired basketball coach Chris Jans Thursday, a little less than two weeks after Jans was involved in an incident at an off-campus bar on the night Bowling Green's season ended.
A person involved in the incident told FOXSportsOhio.com that Jans acted "aggressively and inappropriately" toward at least one female bar patron on the night of March 21.
Jans was asked to leave after a woman slapped him, the source said. At least one of his assistant coaches was involved in getting Jans out of the bar.
The news of his firing came late Thursday morning via a university press release that read: "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."
The source guessed that Jans and some staffers had been in the bar "for about three hours" and the brief altercation probably actually took place early on March 22. The source said the woman who slapped Jans has not talked with local police or university officials.
It's not known if university officials saw cell phone video of the incident. The source estimated that as many as 50 people were in the bar at the time Jans was escorted out.
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