Former Ohio State receivers coach Zach Smith has been arrested for violating a civil protection order as he tried to pick up his children at an elementary school, according to multiple reports.

Smith, who was fired in July over allegations that he beat his wife, was arrested Thursday after a confrontation with staffers at Scioto Ridge Elementary School in Powell, Ohio, where he was blocked from picking up his children, the Toledo Blade reports.

Smith’s ex-wife, Courtney Smith, was at the school at the time. The former Buckeyes coach was taken into custody for violating a three-year civil protection order granted by a judge when he pleaded guilty in October to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct in connection with alleged abuse dating back to 2009.

Smith, 35, is expected to be arraigned early Friday on misdemeanor charges for violating the civil protection order, according to the newspaper.

A spokeswoman for the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office told the Columbus Dispatch that Smith raised his voice and got angry during the confrontation, but did not get physical with anyone.

Smith’s attorney, Brad Koffel, said the incident was part of a “malicious move” by Courtney Smith to have her ex-husband arrested at the school and in front of their children.

“Just sad,” Koffel told the newspaper.

An attorney for Courtney Smith told the Blade in a statement that the elementary school was not the proper location to pick up the couple’s children.

“School personnel attempted to protect Courtney by placing her in a room away from Mr. Smith,” attorney Julia Leveridge told the newspaper. “After entering the elementary school, Mr. Smith was involved in an altercation with school personnel whom initially contacted police.”

Courtney Smith “remains in fear for her safety,” the statement continued.

“It is unfortunate that Mr. Smith chose to violate court orders rather than put the parties’ children first,” Leveridge said.

Smith’s arrest is the latest public turn involving his former wife that ultimately led to Ohio State’s Board of Trustees to suspend coach Urban Meyer for three games without pay in August for mishandling domestic abuse allegations against his former assistant coach.

Meyer retired in January.