Cobb County Basketball Coach Allegedly Bit Another Coach's Face

Photo Credit: Cobb County Sheriff’s Office

Having a passionate coach can help fire up a team, encourage refs to call the game your way, and provide entertainment to the fans in the stands.

A Cobb County girls’ basketball coach took her passions a bit too far on Jan. 13, when police say she threw a tantrum that would have made Bobby Knight uncomfortable.

WSB-TV says that South Cobb Lady Eagles’ Coach Melonie Martin was involved in a heated argument with the other coach when she allegedly bit him in the nose and eye. Not content to stop there, Martin allegedly threw a chair at the coach in true Bobby Knight fashion. To complete the outburst, Martin allegedly threatened to kill the other coach.

Martin was arrested and booked into the Cobb County jail on charges of simple battery and making terroristic threats. She was released on a $7,500 bond later that day, jail records show.

S. Carlton Rouse, who is serving as Martin’s counsel, tells WSB-TV that the entire incident has been fabricated by the so-called victim, and adds that Martin looks forward to telling her side of the story in court.