COLUMBIA — Although he was among several members of South Carolina’s athletic department who voiced support via Twitter for Gov. Nikki Haley’s effort to remove the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds, USC men’s basketball coach Frank Martin has issued a statement detailing his personal feelings on the issue.
Martin joined USC athletics director Ray Tanner, president Harris Pastides, head football coach Steve Spurrier, and head women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley as those who joined Haley’s call Monday to remove the flag from the Confederate soldiers monument in the wake of the shooting deaths of nine churchgoers at Emanuel AME in Charleston.