SAN MARCOS – Danny Kaspar is stepping down from his position as head men’s basketball coach. Texas State announced via press release that Director of Athletics Larry Teis has accepted Kaspar’s resignation. Kaspar came under fire in June, as former players accused him of making racist remarks during practice. Shead transferred the following summer. Former teammate Alex Peacock supported Shead, saying "I stand with my boy Jaylen and everything he says 100%.”

SAN ANTONIO Former Texas State point guard Jaylen Shead has detailed alleged racists remarks and incidents involving head coach Danny Kaspar. Shead was a student-athlete at Texas State and a starter for the mens basketball team during the 2018-19 season. I could overlook the way coach Kaspar treated the players in most regards. With all this going on, lets talk about what I and other players dealt w playing for Danny Kaspar at Texas State. He alleged that Kaspar used racially insensitive remarks during drills and referred to several black stereotypes during team meetings.

Ty Cockfield scored a game-high 39 points and Tristin Walley added 12 points off the bench for Arkansas State (10-15, 4-8). Texas State equaled its season-high of 28 free throws made in the game as Shead made 9-11 and Sule hit 8-9. Following a turnover by Arkansas State, Peacock made one of his two free throws to tie the score 40-40 at halftime. Arkansas State cut the lead in half when Cockfield hit a pair of free throws and nailed a three-point shot from the left wing. Shead closed out the game with two more free throws to make the final score 84-74.