Has anyone ever been taught "We call God a man becouse Adam was a man, and Adam was made in God’s image?

Shavua tov, everyone.

I teach at Shabbat School at a conservative synagogue, and today we were talking about the different ways people think about Hashem, and the question of gender came up (why do some people refer to God as “he,” why do some people refuse to do that), as I expected.

One kid who also goes to Chabad, and goes to a Chabad summer camp, told me that the Chabad Rabbi taught them that “God must be a man, becouse Adam was a man, and Adam was made in God’s image.” This struck me as borderline heretical, and I was skeptical that a rabbi would teach this.

I later asked another (older) kid who also attends Chabad sometimes (although a different one), and he says that they were taught “the reason God is referred to as a man becouse Adam was a man, and Adam was made in God’s image.” This sounds more likely to be taught, but still sounds odd to me, especially since the Talmud says Adam was created andrigonous.

Has anyone heard this teaching before? Is this common in Orthodox or Chabad circles?