Florida Atlantic’s Tom Herman breaks silence on viral postgame handshake

The American Athletic Conference showdown between Florida Atlanta and South Florida ended in quite a buzz. After South Florida defeated Florida Atlantic 44-21, the two head coaches engaged in a postgame handshake. However, Florida Atlantic head coach Tom Herman appeared to take displeasure with South Florida’s Alex Golesh in a viral moment.

Golesh looked to shove Herman’s hand away and the Florida Atlantic coach followed him angrily for some time before being taken away by other staff members.

On Monday, Herman finally addressed the postgame ordeal between the two, per FAU Owls Nest.

“Like I have in all my years as a head coach I jogged off and jogged in the middle of the field and actually got the words ‘good game’ out of my mouth and was about to compliment him on the second half, and he slapped my hand down,” Herman said. “The way I was raised, when you slap another man’s hand down, you stick around and talk about.”

“So, I turned back, I was confused, I wasn’t mad at anything,” Herman continued. “I wanted to figure out what the confusion was about, and he continued to walk away. I’ve moved on.”