Wake AD sits “tight” as coach goes through legal process

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Wake Forest athletic director Ron Wellman says the school is ”sitting tight” while the legal process continues for an assistant basketball coach who police say punched a New York City tourist who later died.

Wellman spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday, four days after the school placed assistant coach Jamill Jones on leave, and says there have been no further updates.

Police say Jones attacked digital marketing guru Sandor Szabo early on Aug. 5, causing him to fall and smash his head on a Queens sidewalk.

Jones has pleaded not guilty a charge of misdemeanor assault and has an Oct. 2 court date. Wellman said ”what transpires between now and then, we have no idea. We’re not in control of that, so we’re just sitting tight at this point.”