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College softball coach used microwave excuse to see us naked
A University of Missouri-Kansas City women’s softball assistant coach is at the center of a long-running controversy involving alleged sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior.
Greg Bachkora is accused of frequently walking into his players’ locker room while they were getting dressed, telling them he needed to use the microwave located there, according to a report by the Kansas City Star.
“Some girls would have to cover themselves or duck behind the couch, scrambling to cover themselves,” a player’s father told the paper.
Other allegations against Bachkora, who remains on the staff despite taking a leave of absence, include kisses and a joke about female genitalia. He admitted kissing players on the head or cheek in a “fatherly, non-sexual manner” and copped to the inappropriate joke.
Complaints against Bachkora from several student-athletes resulted in the coach getting a new microwave in a common area, though they say the behavior hasn’t stopped after he spoke with the school’s Title IX officer.
“I still see the same behavior,” said one player who asked not to be identified. “I don’t think he comes in as often, but he still does it.”
He’s been on the staff since September 2016 after spending time with Benedictine College, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the University of Northern Colorado.
Several players left UMKC in the wake of the Bachkora’s purported ongoing behavior, with one player’s father saying his daughter “didn’t want to leave UMKC but when they said they weren’t going to do anything about him, she had no choice.”
One player says she was told by an older player on the team that Bachkora “has seen me naked more than my boyfriend has.”
Complicating matters further, the school responded to the Star’s inquiry for comment on Bachkora by supplying a redacted Title IX report that named six softball players involved in an alcohol-related incident, which also named three of them as complainants against Bachkora. Identifying the student who made the allegations against their coach could be a violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Ac
Additional UMKC players have come to Bachkora’s defense, though the Star noted that the coaching staff, led by Meredith Smith Neal, asked players not to comment on the story and to only say positive things if contacted.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/02/15/college-softball-coach-used-microwave-excuse-to-see-us-naked-players/
Basketball coach shot player’s dad for complaining
A Brooklyn high-school basketball coach was arrested Friday for shooting the father of one of his players — after the dad complained that his kid wasn’t getting enough playing time, police said.
The shooting occurred Dec. 22, but the coach lied to police and said a third man pulled the trigger — and his victim was too wounded to speak and finger the real culprit, authorities said.
It was only recently that the victim recovered enough to tell police what really happened, officials said.
Coach Todd Myles of the Pathways in Technology Early College HS on the Paul Robeson campus allegedly lied to cops about what went down that night with local dad Christopher Hooks, who had supposedly shown up at his house to argue over his son’s playing time.
Myles told police that a third person had also arrived — with a gun — and started blasting, authorities said.
Myles is accused of shooting Hooks and then concocting his story about the random street thug in an attempt to cover his tracks. Myles, 42, had actually gotten grazed by a bullet at some point, though it’s unclear now whether this was a ricochet wound or intentional act, police said.
Myles is facing charges of attempted murder, assault and criminal use of a firearm. He was taken into custody on Friday morning by detectives.
The city Department of Education called the allegations against him “incredibly shocking.”
“We immediately reassigned Mr. Myles away from students, and we’ll work to remove him from payroll as soon as legally possible,” said a DOE spokesman. “We are providing support to the school and are working with the NYPD throughout this investigation.”
Myles began his education career as a substitute in 2001 and later became a teacher in 2004, according to DOE.
He started working at Robeson in 2013 and has no prior disciplinary incidents.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/02/01/basketball-coach-shot-players-dad-for-complaining-cops/