NC State coach Des Kitchings apologizes for incident with Deshaun Watson

NC State coach Des Kitchings apologized after Saturday’s 56-41 loss to Clemson for an incident on the sidelines where he struck out at Tigers quarterback Deshaun Watson.

Watson was pushed out of bounds after a run and appeared to stick his finger in the face of Kitchings, who responded with a jab/shove towards the quarterback:

“A guy kind of swung at me and pushed me off. I just walked away. I don’t know why he did it,” Watson said via ESPN’s David Hale.

Kitchings was caught up in the moment according to NC State head coach Dave Doeren. Doeren commented on the incident after the game and shared that Kitchings apologized for his actions.

And Doeren on the sideline incident between assistant coach Des Kitchings and Deshaun Watson: pic.twitter.com/70DpKBQNtF

— Joe Giglio (@jwgiglio) November 1, 2015

The Wolfpack were unable to stop Watson, who threw for 383 yards and five touchdowns while rushing for another score, so maybe there was some frustration there. But that’s no excuse for a coach to push at a player — that’s always off limits.