For the third time in less than two years, a head coach of a women's sport at Texas Tech has left the school under a cloud of investigation. joshlpeter11 takes a closer look. Read all about it here:
alleging Texas Tech and the school's athletics director, Kirby Hocutt, discriminated against the women's sports programs. The women's basketball program received considerably less money, resources and attention from Hocutt during Stollings' tenure from April 2018 to August 2020, according to the complaint.USA TODAY Sports filed an open-records request with the university June 30 for copies of records and documents related to all investigations of Petty between Jan.
Texas Tech officials had been made aware of allegations concerning Petty's treatment of athletes before. Petty received a letter of reprimand from Hocutt on Jan. 4, 2021, according to a copy of the letter USA TODAY Sports obtained from Texas Tech. The extensive review was conducted in December 2020 after the school received allegations from a player who had transferred to another school in 2019, according to the letter of reprimand.
Texas Tech self-imposed a reduction of seven hours of"countable hours of athletically related activities'', double the 3.5 countable hours that Petty triggered, according to a copy of an NCAA case summary obtained by USA TODAY Sports through a public records request. Players who spoke on the record about Petty's behavior are Alex Angyalosy, who played at Texas Tech in the fall of 2017 before transferring to Clemson; Sydney Jones, who played at Texas Tech from 2018 to 2019 before transferring to Rutgers; Katelyn Jackson, who played at Texas Tech from 2014 to 2018; and Kailey Evans, who played at Texas Tech from 2020 to 2022 and said she is transferring to the University of San Diego and plans to play tennis.
► Screamed so forcefully at another player after practice that the player later said it was the first time she felt like she was “going to be hit by a guy.’’ "We had already heard that Todd Petty was a tough coach,'' before Sydney Jones enrolled at Texas Tech, April Jones told USA TODAY Sports."But we just thought, just going to be a good, tough college coach. Never thought it would cross the line of being mentally abusive.''
In November 2020, Jones said, Texas Tech compliance officials contacted her to ask what led her to transfer to Rutgers. "Yesterday, you indicated to me that you are tendering your resignation as Texas Tech University's Head Women's Tennis Coach effective July 5, 2022, in order to attend to personal matters,'' Hocutt wrote in a letter to Petty."I agree that this is in your best interest; therefore, I accept your resignation.''
Evans, the lone player from last year's team who agreed to talk with USA TODAY Sports, said other Texas Tech players are scared to speak publicly. She said that stemmed in part from a Zoom meeting July 1 called by Kacey Hanslik, a strength and conditioning coach, and Brooklyn Dendle, director of operations for tennis.
The Holland & Knight report – after more than a year’s worth of work – also found ongoing problems, including specific issues with the football team, men’s golf team and, despite the firing of Stollings, women’s basketball team. However, the report did not outline issues in women's tennis.
Angyalosy's father, Adrian, said he and his wife grew increasingly concerned about their daughter that fall.
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