WORCESTER (MA)
Daily Reporter
By JAY LINDSAY Associated Press
First Posted: October 16, 2013
BOSTON — Longtime Holy Cross women’s basketball coach Bill Gibbons stepped aside Wednesday while the college reviews claims by a former player that he was physically and emotionally abusive.
Gibbons made the announcement to the team Wednesday afternoon, the school said in a statement. His assistant coaches will now assume all coaching duties while Gibbons is on voluntary, paid administrative leave.
The announcement comes a day after former player Ashley Cooper, 20, sued Gibbons and the school. Cooper says that Gibbons grabbed her, shook her and hit her at different times and that the school covered up the behavior.
Cooper’s attorney, Elizabeth Eilender, said she’s pleased Gibbons isn’t running the team anymore because Cooper sued, in part, to force changes at Holy Cross. But she added the school deserves no credit for the move.
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