Texas Tech fired women’s basketball coach Marlene Stollings, along with assistant coach Nikita Lowry

[Tango Two]

Head coach Marlene Stollings was fired Thursday; the termination of assistant coach Nikita Lowry Dawkins was announced Friday morning. A third staff member, strength and conditioning coach Ralph Petrella, resigned in March at the end of the season.


https://www.npr.org/2020/08/07/9001...ens-basketball-coaches-amid-abuse-allegations

 

[RUClassof67]

Head coach Marlene Stollings was fired Thursday; the termination of assistant coach Nikita Lowry Dawkins was announced Friday morning. A third staff member, strength and conditioning coach Ralph Petrella, resigned in March at the end of the season.


https://www.npr.org/2020/08/07/9001...ens-basketball-coaches-amid-abuse-allegations

she also coached at Minnesota before leaving in 2018.

 

[Knight Time Fan]

Disgrace. Long time before she will resurface, if ever.

Shame on the school. Did their best to cover it up / pass over it until it hit the national news.

 

[ScarletteK80]

Wonder if Arella was a victim while still down there.

 

[MADHAT1]

Disgrace. Long time before she will resurface, if ever.

Shame on the school. Did their best to cover it up / pass over it until it hit the national news.

I couldn’t find original article about this, but seems like Dawkins had this type of behavior before Strollings hired her

According to the USA Today article, Dawkins had been admonished years ago for mistreating players while coaching at New Mexico State.

“New Mexico State’s investigation found Lowry Dawkins threatened to kill one player, pulled another player’s hair and pushed players in conditioning to the point that some became sick,” USA Today reported.



https://www.everythinglubbock.com/n...ady-raiders-right-after-stollings-also-fired/

 

[Bon1674]

Wonder if Arella was a victim while still down there.

Stallings was not the head coach when Guirantes was at Texas Tech. She was still at Minnesota, as were the assistant coach and the strength & conditioning coach (both of whom accompanied her to Lubbock).