Tyler Wright cleans up social media while school investigates

Now going by the handle @CoachTyWright instead of @CoachWrightNMSU, Wright’s bio, banner and profile picture have changed. His Wright’s account is also now private instead of public.

A university spokesperson did not have an update for the Las Cruces Sun-News Wednesday evening on the investigation into Wright, and Aggies sports information director Michael Navarrette confirmed that Wright is still currently employed by NMSU.

The Sun-News reported the nature of Wright’s messages on the evening of September 27, which contained derogatory remarks about Africans and African-Americans, Hispanics, women and the LGBTQ+ community. The posts were made from 2011 to 2014 while Wright played football at Tarleton State. Wright’s posts include nearly 100 remarks about LGBTQ+ people, including homophobic slurs, more than 60 references to Ugandan warlord and accused war criminal Joseph Kony that demean Africans and African-Americans, at least a dozen of degrading messages toward women, nine stereotypical and demeaning messages toward Hispanics and Latinos, and five uses of common racial slurs toward black people.