Melissa Batie-Smoose, former San Jose State University volleyball coach, who was suspended for filing a Title IX complaint against the school regarding a transgender athlete, praised President Trump's changes to Title IX on Sunday, calling them 'a great first step in the right direction'. Batie-Smoose alleges the transgender athlete conspired with an opponent to help the team lose a match and injure teammate Brooke Slusser.
A former women’s volleyball coach suspended for fighting back against a university's handling of a transgender athlete on the women's team praised President Trump's changes to Title IX on Sunday, calling them 'a great first step in the right direction.
Slusser lamented that her coach's suspension 'took away the only safe space we had.' Now Batie-Smoose's contract has expired, and the school is not rehiring her. 'It's just been a long two years and standing up for what's right, and making sure we're continuing to support women and women's sports is what I stood up for and now currently, after 30 years in my career, have been let go,' she said Sunday.
Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and Claudia Cowan contributed to this report.
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