WSSU fires coach arrested in domestic dispute

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- Jason Mai, an assistant football coach at Winston-Salem State for the last five seasons, has been fired.

Mai’s biography on WSSU’s web site was taken down, and officials would not reveal the reason for Mai’s firing.

“I was let go on Monday,” Mai said by telephone Friday.

Tonia Walker, the athletic director at WSSU, would not give a reason for Mai’s dismissal.

“He’s no longer employed by the university,” Walker said. “It’s a personnel matter.”

Mai, 34, had been suspended since late October after his arrest in a domestic dispute. Mai was arrested Oct. 25, but he coached in WSSU’s homecoming game the next weekend. After his arrest became public, Mai was suspended with pay for the Rams’ final two games, a win over Fayetteville State and a win over Bowie State in the CIAA championship game.

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