B-ball coach suspended on accusations of racial harrassment
A letter lists a number of incidents where the coach is alleged to have made degrading comments to the team and individual players...
From: Huffington Post
Jason Popp, high school basketball coach at Richmond Heighs in Ohio, was suspended for the rest of the season on Friday after being accused of “racial and economic harassment,” according to the News-Herald.
Popp is also being accused of using “inappropriate language” and making degrading comments to his players.
Earlier this week, the players’ parents wrote a letter to Superintendent Linda Hardwick, asking her to remove Popp as head coach:
The letter then lists a number of incidents where the coach is alleged to have made degrading comments to the team and individual players.
“These and other insulting and degrading comments have been said consistently to our children while at team meetings, on the bus and at practice,” the letter reads.
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