North Texas coach Tate Wallis has resigned following his arrest last week

University of North Texas assistant football coach Tate Wallis resigned Thursday.

Wallis was arrested last week and charged with two counts of an improper relationship between a student and an educator, according to Denton County Jail records.

“Tate Wallis has offered his resignation and we have accepted,” UNT said in a statement.

Wallis is accused of inappropriate behavior with students during his time as an assistant football coach at Argyle High School.

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After reading about some of the other incidents involving Wallis was hired it looks like North Texas may have avoided a large lawsuit sometime in the future or paying a severance package.