Included in the allegations are charges that Johnson-Klein inappropriately used athletic department money and took prescription painkillers from athletes. 9, 2005: Johnson announces he has placed head women's basketball coach Stacy Johnson-Klein on administrative leave for "allegations of serious violations" of university policy. 28, 2005: Johnson announces the hiring of a new head women's volleyball coach - Ruben Nieves, a man who, according to the official Fresno State athletics web site, hadn't coached women's volleyball in 17 years.įeb. That was one of four separate complaints of gender-based discrimination filed by various persons against the athletic department from November 2002 to May 2004, according to USA Today. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights. According to the campus newspaper, Vivas' firing came seven months after she filed a Title IX complaint against the university with the U.S. 6, 2004: Head women's volleyball coach Lindy Vivas is fired after 14 years at the school by Athletic Director Scott Johnson. In late August, one of the fired female coaches filed a lawsuit against the university, in part claiming that members of the athletic department, "would repeatedly refer to certain woman coaches as lesbians, dykes and atheists." Yet another fired female coach, according to media reports, is set to file a lawsuit of her own against the school.Ĭonsider this recent timeline of events at Fresno State:ĭec.
And now, the women affected are fighting back. An associate athletic director, also part of the harassment allegations, left the school for a new job. The athletic director resigned just days after harassment allegations were levied against him by one of those fired coaches. In less than nine months, two female coaches have been fired and replaced by men. The firing of female coaches, filing of lawsuits, and allegations of harassment and gender discrimination are now centerpieces of the athletic department at a university that likes to label itself, "Leading the New California." But one of the few categories in which Fresno State is leading these days is controversy. What is going on in the athletic department at Fresno State? In this Wizard of Odd, it's lesbians, dykes and atheists, oh my.
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