Coach Tom Walter and Wake Forest’s athletic director issued statements after the incident during the Knoxville regional final of the NCAA tournament.

Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter apologized Tuesday morning after he appeared to utter a homophobic slur while in the dugout during his team’s loss to Tennessee on Monday night. As the broadcast had a camera on him in the bottom of the fourth inning,

On Tuesday, Walter made an apology for the incident that was posted on Wake Forest's official website. He called it an "outburst," and admitted he used language that was inappropriate. Although, Walter says he does not specifically recall the moment.