UNC women's hoops coach Sylvia Hatchell resigns amid allegations of berating players, racial remarks
Source: Washington Post, via Richmond Times-Dispatch
UNC women's hoops coach Sylvia Hatchell resigns amid allegations of berating players, racial remarks
By Will Hobson The Washington Post 50 min ago
During a practice for the University of North Carolina's women's basketball team in the fall of 2017, Sylvia Hatchell, the longtime coach, grew visibly frustrated about four injured players sitting out, according to parents of five players who later described the incident. ... Three of the players were recovering from knee surgeries, but Hatchell expressed doubt they weren't able to practice, the parents said. Lashing out in anger, Hatchell screamed at an assistant to take the injured players out of the gym, according to the parents. ... "Get them out of my sight. . . . They make me sick," Hatchell said, according to the accounts players gave their parents.
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Hatchell resigned Thursday, according to a release the university sent out overnight, after an independent investigation "led us to conclude that the program needed to be taken in a new direction," according to Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham. North Carolina announced the move hours after The Washington Post informed officials about the contents of this story.
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Last month, Cunningham faced a room full of parents outraged at what their daughters had told them about their treatment at North Carolina, according to several people at the meeting. The meeting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on March 28 - which Cunningham participated in via teleconference, because he was in Kansas City, Missouri, to watch the men's team play in the NCAA tournament - prompted North Carolina to put Hatchell and her entire staff on paid leave, and hire a law firm to investigate allegations raised by players and parents.
Six players told their parents they had been pressured by coaches or the team doctor to take painkiller shots and keep playing rather than sit out and seek treatment, parents said in interviews with the Post. ... Parents recalled, with horror, their daughters describing one teammate trying to play through injury a few seasons ago, needing an injection before every game, and her knee drained of fluid at halftime. She eventually retired from basketball because of knee damage.
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New @PostSports Sylvia Hatchell resigned last night, hours after we informed @UNC of the details of this story, precisely zero of which the university denied
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