TMZ: Former UTEP Miner Seth Joyner lashes out at his players during youth football game

A former UTEP Miner and Super Bowl champ is under fire from parents in a youth football league, who say the raging pep talks he gives the team are abusive, according to TMZ.

But the ex-NFL star says it’s just tough love.

The man at the center of the controversy is Seth Joyner, a 3-time All-Pro linebacker, who now coaches an American Youth Football team in Tempe, Ariz., comprised of 12-year-olds.

League officials tell TMZ they were recently contacted after Joyner went ballistic on the kids during a recent game — even dropping an F-bomb in an effort to get his team to play better.

To read the complete TMZ article and to view the video, click here.

Joyner played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers and Denver Broncos. He played for the University of Texas at El Paso in the mid-80s.