Vanderbilt head coach Jerry Stackhouse was ejected after completely going off on referees during their game on Wednesday ... so bad that he had to be escorted off the court by security!!
The former NBA star -- who started coaching Vandy in 2019 -- went berserk after his center Liam Robbins received a tech for tapping his head while celebrating a dunk in the 2nd half of their away game at VCU.
You can see Stackhouse furiously calling out the refs over the call ... receiving a tech for the blowup, which of course pissed him off even more.
Jerry Stackhouse let the officials know he wasn't happy 😳pic.twitter.com/IjZxrkTPJH
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That's when Stackhouse got in referee Bart Lennox's face right in the middle of the court ... and it got so intense that Vandy's coaching staff had to restrain him.
That was enough to get Stackhouse ejected ... and escorted to the locker room by security.
The 48-year-old spoke about the incident during his postgame press conference ... saying the officials need to do better overall.
"I thought tonight's game was poorly officiated," Stackhouse said.
"Kids gon make gestures during the course of the game when they have big plays. I felt like that was one that shouldn't have been called on my guy at that juncture in the game."
To make matters worse, the Commodores lost 70-65 to the Rams ... but Stackhouse isn't placing the blame at his player's feet.
"I don't think that tonight's loss was self-inflicted. I felt like this was a poorly officiated game, and they need to be better."
Before becoming a college basketball coach, Stackhouse played 18 seasons in the NBA where he was a 2x NBA All-Star.