In two years since Marlene Stollings took over a once-storied women's basketball program at Texas Tech, 12 players have left amid allegations of abuse by the coach and two assistants.
The first player in the Texas Tech women’s basketball locker room on Monday mornings texted a picture to the rest of the team.
“It was basically like a torture mechanism,” Erin DeGrate, who transferred to Baylor in 2019, told USA TODAY Sports. “I feel like the system wasn’t supposed to be used how she was using it.”It was basically like a torture mechanism. I feel like the system wasn’t supposed to be used how she was using it.In a series of season-ending exit interviews, players alleged a culture of abuse in the Texas Tech program since Stollings took over in April 2018.
■ Three players said Stollings retaliated by holding tougher practices after they brought abuse claims to school officials, including Judi Henry, executive senior associate athletic director and senior women’s administrator. When asked to provide a copy of the committee's review, Texas Tech said a report was given to Hocutt verbally."We know change is difficult and that has been no different at Texas Tech. Some wonderful young women have decided to leave our program and pursue their dreams elsewhere. I hope they have found everything they are looking for at their new destination.
“It was just the feeling of fear, anxiety, depression,” Castaneda told USA TODAY Sports. “And it wasn’t just a few people — it was our entire team.‘Multiple red flags’ Lowry Dawkins’ tenure at New Mexico State ended in 2003 when she was removed following a school investigation “into allegations of mental and physical abuse, and other conduct that has jeopardized the health, safety, welfare and education of student-athletes under your charge,” according to a copy of the school’s termination notice obtained by the Intercollegiate along with other investigative records.
In 2018-19 under Stollings, the Lady Raiders won 14 games, doubling their total from the previous season. Still, eight players transferred to other programs by the summer. Two assistant coaches, including chief of staff Larry Tidwell, left after the season as well. “That’s not a lack of talent or a lack of playing,” one player wrote. “That’s having respect for themselves that they recognize a toxic environment when they see one.”
“Do something about the coaches,” one player wrote, “so that my teammates don’t have to continue suffering in silence.”SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports obtained Texas Tech’s exit interviews with players from the past two seasons via public records requests. In addition to reviewing those documents and others, USA TODAY Sports interviewed 10 players, two former assistant coaches and two parents about the program.
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