It’s not just college football players who set back our “Days Without An Arrest” ticker.
According to WRAL-TV, North Carolina graduate assistant Gerald McRath was arrested early Monday morning and charged with driving while impaired. According to the television station’s website, McGrath was found asleep at the wheel by police with his vehicle running.
He was released on a $1,500 bond a short time later.
A few hours later, McRath also relieved himself of his duties at UNC as he announced in a statement that he has decided to, ahem, “resign” his post.
“I apologize for my actions and for bringing negative publicity and attention to the University of North Carolina and the football program,” McRath wrote. “I have decided to resign my position as a graduate assistant coach at UNC and move forward with my career.”
McRath was just added to Larry Fedora‘s staff earlier this year as a defensive grad assistant. He played a portion of his college football career for Fedora at Southern Miss during the latter’s first year in Hattiesburg (2008) before embarking on a four-year NFL career with the Tennessee Titans.
His first coaching job was in 2014 as a defensive quality control coach at his alma mater.
(Photo credit: North Carolina athletics)