PALESTINE, Texas (KLTV) - A Palestine High School teacher and coach was arrested Friday after police said he assaulted his 15-year-old son on campus, according to the Palestine Police Department.

A PPD release said Maurice Montez Heade, 41, was arrested after he hit, tackled, strangled and threatened to kill his son.

Heade was the head basketball coach for Palestine High School boys basketball, according to the Palestine ISD Athletics website.