Cal women's swimming coach Teri McKeever was one of the most successful coaches in the country until a scathing report changed everything
As the Pac-12 Conference era comes to a close after more than a century, we count down the Top 50 moments involving Cal athletics.alleging that Cal women’s swimming coach Teri McKeever had inflicted serious emotional abuse on the women in Cal’s swimming program over a number of years. As a result of that report, McKeever, a former head coach of the U.S. Olympic swimming team and the head coach of four NCAA champion women’s swimming teams at Cal, was suspended and eventually fired.
She had coached 26 Olympians while at Cal, including Natalie Coughlin and Missy Franklin. McKeever became the first woman to head the U.S. Olympic swim team, and her swimmers won 13 medals in those 2012 London Olympics.of the Orange County Register was posted by the Southern California News Group.
“The interviews, as well as emails, letters, university documents, recordings of conversations between McKeever and swimmers, and journal entries, reveal an environment where swimmers from Olympians, World Championships participants and All-Americans to non-scholarship athletes are consumed with avoiding McKeever’s alleged wrath. This preoccupation has led to panic attacks, anxiety, sleepless nights, depression, self-doubt, suicidal thoughts and planning, and in some cases self harm.
The report alleged that swimmers had complained about McKeever’s behavior to Cal athletic officials, but received little response. Two days after the story broke, McKeever, then 60 years old, was placed on administrative leave by Cal. After an eight-month investigation into McKeever’s behavior, she was fired on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.that McKeever for the first time admitted abusing her former swimmers. She also agreed to a three-month suspension from involvement in any events sanctioned by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
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