{"id":41253,"date":"2020-08-06T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/texas-techs-marlene-stollings-toxic-culture-included-confiscating-players-dog\/"},"modified":"2020-08-06T00:10:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T21:10:00","slug":"texas-techs-marlene-stollings-toxic-culture-included-confiscating-players-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/texas-techs-marlene-stollings-toxic-culture-included-confiscating-players-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"#Texas Tech\u2019s Marlene Stollings \u2018toxic\u2019 culture included confiscating player\u2019s dog"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Texas Tech\u2019s Marlene Stollings \u2018toxic\u2019 culture included confiscating player\u2019s dog<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Texas Tech women\u2019s basketball coach Marlene Stollings has come under fire for creating what players described as a \u201ctoxic\u201d environment that allegedly included sexual harassment, name-calling and a stolen dog.<\/p>\n

Former Texas Tech center Emma Merriweather alleged that Stollings confiscated her dog and gave it to a booster, according to a USA Today report.<\/p>\n

Merriweather said she displayed signs of depression, a condition she was later diagnosed with. She intended to register the dog, Mickey, as an emotional-support pet, but Stollings allegedly arranged for a booster \u2013 who was a stranger to Merriweather \u2013 to collect the pet.<\/p>\n

\u201c(The booster) just tore him away from me,\u201d Merriweather told the outlet.<\/p>\n

In a tweet posted following the story, Merriweather wrote that \u201ccoach pulled me aside a week after owning him to tell me that he was going to distract me from basketball. Merriweather added that dog is \u201cwell taken care of\u201d under its new owner.<\/p>\n

Twelve players have left the team in Stollings\u2019 two seasons as coach, which includes a 31-27 record. Stollings, 45, in a statement to USA Today wished the players well and that \u201cour student athletes are developing a disciplined app<\/a>roach both on and off the court.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the alleged abusive behavior didn\u2019t stop with the confiscated dog, according to Merriweather, who eventually transferred to Kansas and received immedia<\/a>te eligibility due to the complaints. One morning in 2019, she said, strength and conditioning coach Ralph Petrella \u2014 who also was accused of sexual harassment by multiple players (allegations he has denied) \u2014 told her to \u201cget on the [expletive] scale\u201d as she stopped by the weight room to grab a snack.<\/p>\n

Merriweather said Petrella shouted her weight in front of the men\u2019s basketball team and scolded her, saying her body was \u201cdisgusting.\u201d Fearing her coaches\u2019 tempers, Merriweather said she had panic attacks on the bus and in the stairway on her way to workouts.<\/p>\n

Five players accused Petrella of sexual harassment. Petrella allegedly applied pressure to multiple players\u2019 chest and groin as part of a \u201creflexive performance reset\u201d technique, according to the report which included interviews from 10 players. One player told the outlet that Petrella went under her sports bra and spandex shorts.<\/p>\n

Petrella also was accused of physically threatening players, and on one case, telling one \u201cIf I were younger, I would punch you in the face.\u201d He also allegedly told multiple players they were \u201cbeautiful\u201d and \u201csexy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Petrella resigned following the 2020 season. He denied allegations of \u201cinappropriate conduct\u201d in a statement provided to USA Today through his lawyer, saying that his resignation was \u201cvoluntary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Merriweather said that instead of support, her coaches allegedly chastised her for showing symptoms of depression and anxiety. Assistant coach Nikita Lowry Dawkins gave her a rubber band to wear on her wrist and told her to snap it each time she had a negative thought, Merriweather said.<\/p>\n

All of this happened under Stollings\u2019 watch, who brought Lowry Dawkins to Texas Tech with her. Lowry Dawkins\u2019 was fired as head coach at New Mexico State in 2003 after an investigation found she threatened to kill one player, pulled another player\u2019s hair and pushed players into conditioning to the point they became sick, according to USA Today.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of these girls had never experienced depression or extreme anxiety before they came to Tech and they experienced it with Marlene,\u201d Merriweather said. \u201cCoach Marlene was evil and manipulative and vindictive in a quiet watered-down manner, so you can\u2019t outwardly say, \u2018This person is evil.\u2019 \u2026 Her values are not in protecting her team and the girls.<\/p>\n

Players accused Stollings of retaliating with harder practices after they brought complaints to the school. She consistently verbally abused the players, according to the report, calling them \u201cfat pigs\u201d among other remarks. This abuse was allegedly intensified with three international players on the roster.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat woman is a millionaire off being evil,\u201d Merriweather said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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