Hofstra University suspended its very recently hired basketball coach after he was charged with DWI today. According to Newsday (subscription required), "Coach Tim Welsh, his blood-alcohol content more than twice the legal limit, was charged after police found him stopped at a green light with his car running, asleep and drunk behind the wheel, authorities said."
Police saw his silver Lexus on the westbound Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown. Welsh told the cops, "I had white wine to celebrate with a late dinner. I'm sorry." He measured at 0.18 on a blood alcohol test, above the legal limit of 0.08. Nassau County police spokesman Kevin Smith said, "The car was on, his foot was on the brake and the car was in drive, so perhaps had things been a little different, he could have lost control of that car, maybe took his foot off the brake. People could have possibly been hurt."
