WORCESTER (MA)
Daily Mail (UK)

Male Holy Cross women’s basketball coach accused of emotional, physical and verbal abuse by former player who gave up scholarship to flee school

By RYAN GORMAN

A women’s basketball player who left the College of the Holy Cross is suing the school over allegations of emotional, physical and verbal abuse from the team’s head coach.

Ashley Cooper, 20, played two seasons under long time head coach Bill Gibbons, 66, before giving up a full scholarship and leaving after complaints of him striking and shouting at players went unanswered by school administrators.

Filed in Manhattan because Ms Cooper now attends New York University, the lawsuit against the Worcester, MA., based school seeks compensation for tuition and expenses at NYU, as well as other unspecified damages, according to ABC News.

Ms Cooper told ABC News she no longer plays collegiate basketball after fleeing the 28-year, 533-win…