Austin Metcalf's father rips former Frisco schools chief as 'spineless' over Karmelo Anthony graduation

The begetter of slain teen Austin Metcalf has immoderate prime words for the erstwhile superintendent of Frisco Independent School District successful Texas.

Jeff Metcalf's son, Austin, was killed by Karmelo Anthony successful April 2025. Anthony was convicted of execution and sentenced to 35 years down bars for fatally stabbing the 17-year-old astatine a way meet.

Days aft the viral verdict, Metcalf has been voicing his grief and frustrations publicly.

Jeff Metcalf speaks astir the stabbing decease of his son, Austin Metcalf, astatine a precocious schoolhouse way meet. (Jeff Metcalf)

Metcalf told Fox News Digital helium believes the schoolhouse strategy and its person mishandled his son's case, the aftermath of his murder, and however Frisco went astir dealing with Anthony's quality to graduate.

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Karmelo Anthony was convicted of sidesplitting Austin Metcalf. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice; Jeff Metcalf)

Addressing erstwhile superintendent Mike Waldrip, helium said helium "folded similar a inexpensive structure nether pressure," from Anthony supporters pushing Frisco ISD to let him to inactive postgraduate contempt the allegations against him astatine the clip of his graduation past year.

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In a caller interrogation with Rumble podcast "JinxedSip," the grieving begetter again went aft Waldrip and said helium was "the astir spineless, coward portion of ---- I've ever met successful my full life," TMZ reported.

Metcalf besides expressed his choler astatine the information that Waldrip allowed Anthony to postgraduate precocious schoolhouse aft the stabbing.

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"He didn't spell backmost to schoolhouse aft April 2. He mightiness person had the credit, helium mightiness person had the grades, but you inactive person the quality to contradict the diploma," helium said to Fox News Digital.

Jeff Metcalf stands with his lad Austin Metcalf, a inferior astatine Memorial High School successful Frisco, who was stabbed successful the thorax astatine a way meet, allegedly by 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony from Frisco Centennial High School. (Courtesy Jeff Metcalf)

He told Fox News Digital that Anthony should not person been allowed to postgraduate based connected attendance arsenic helium says the slayer ne'er returned to schoolhouse pursuing the stabbing.

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TMZ reported, "Jeff argued that Karmelo shouldn't person been capable to postgraduate due to the fact that helium says the schoolhouse handbook allegedly declares execution to beryllium grounds for 'mandatory expulsion.'"

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Anthony was convicted of execution much than a twelvemonth aft helium fatally stabbed Metcalf.

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Jeff Metcalf besides told Fox News Digital the schoolhouse strategy didn't person beardown capable information astatine the fateful way meet.

Karmelo Anthony is charged with murdering Austin Metcalf astatine a way conscionable astatine Kuykendall Stadium successful Frisco, Texas. (KDFW)

He said, "They didn't person metallic detectors that the athletes went through, they didn't person due security. I mean, I tin spell connected and on. They were negligent successful this."

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Waldrip was the schoolhouse system's superintendent during the clip that Metcalf was killed. Frisco ISD announced his status successful November 2025, much than six months aft the murder.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Waldrip and Frisco ISD for remark connected Metcalf's claims.