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Players Accuse Cynthia Cooper-Dyke of Abusive Behavior, per Report

Content warning: This story contains graphic language of a sexual nature.

Former players are accusing women’s basketball coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke of making sexual and degrading comments toward them, as well as endangering their physical and mental well-being, The Athletic‘s Chantel Jennings and Dana O’Neil reported Thursday.

The allegations against Cooper-Dyke stem from her stints at Texas Southern, UNC-Wilmington and USC. Players from those schools alerted school administrators of the coach’s actions during her tenures, but Cooper-Dyke’s career moved forward, seemingly unimpacted.

“Nobody has said anything or done anything, just passed her off to the next school,” one USC player told The Athletic.