The father of slain teen Austin Metcalf has some choice words for the former superintendent of Frisco Independent School District in Texas.Jeff Metcalf's son, Austin, was killed by Karmelo Anthony in April 2025.Anthony was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years behind bars for fatally stabbing the 17-year-old at a track meet.Days after the viral verdict, Metcalf has been voicing his grief and frustrations publicly.Jeff Metcalf speaks about the stabbing death of his son, Austin Metcalf, at a high school track meet.
(Jeff Metcalf)Metcalf told Fox News Digital he believes the school system and its leader mishandled his son's case, the aftermath of his murder, and how Frisco went about dealing with Anthony's ability to graduate.GRIEVING TEXAS FATHER SPEAKS OUT AFTER SON WAS STABBED TO DEATH AT HIGH SCHOOL TRACK MEETKarmelo Anthony was convicted of killing Austin Metcalf.(Texas Department of Criminal Justice; Jeff Metcalf)Addressing former superintendent Mike Waldrip, he said he "folded like a cheap tent under pressure," from Anthony supporters pushing Frisco ISD to allow him to still graduate despite the allegations against him at the time of his graduation last year.GOT A TIP?In a recent interview with Rumble podcast "JinxedSip," the grieving father again went after Waldrip and said he was "the most spineless, coward piece of ---- I've ever met in my entire life," TMZ reported.Metcalf also expressed his anger at the fact that Waldrip allowed Anthony to graduate high school after the stabbing.FOLLOW US ON X"He didn't go back to school after April 2.
He might have had the credit, he might have had the grades, but you still have the ability to deny the diploma," he said to Fox News Digital.Jeff Metcalf stands with his son Austin Metcalf, a junior at Memorial High School in Frisco, who was stabbed in the chest at a track meet, allegedly by 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony from Frisco Centennial High School.(Courtesy Jeff Metcalf)He told Fox News Digital that Anthony s...