WORCESTER (MA)
MassLive
By John F. Hill, MassLive.com
The longtime coach of the College of Holy Cross women’s basketball team was well known for years as being verbally, emotionally and physically abusive with players, the lawyer for a former player said.
Coach Bill Gibbons routinely screamed at players, horse-collared them, and on several occasions struck so hard he left marks, attorney Elizabeth Eilender said in an interview with MassLive.com.
“This was done not in an encouraging way, but out of anger and frustration,” said Eilender “The man is clearly in need of some anger management therapy.”
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court in New York City, former player Ashley Cooper claims Holy Cross was informed but did nothing to stop the alleged abuse. The suit names Holy Cross, Gibbons, athletic director Richard Regan Jr., and associate athletic director Ann Zelesky as defendants.
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