Cynthia Cooper accused of abusive behavior as coach by former players

a time to chill · May 6, 2022

Interesting article by the Athletic about the accusations toward Cynthia Cooper during her college coaching career.

https://theathletic.com/3292876/2022/05/05/cynthia-cooper-dyke-texas-southern/

Some accusations are:

When told that one of her players — who had a previously known mental health diagnosis — was depressed, Cooper-Dyke responded, “No, she will be all right, she just needs some dick, that’s all.” Later she called that same player a “sorry-ass virgin.”

Cooper-Dyke came up behind a player while she was doing squats and said, “Ooh, your hips are big, you got a fat ass and I can tell you like to ride some dick.’’

Cooper-Dyke repeatedly shamed a player for her weight in front of the team, and that player was so despondent she stopped eating in front of her coach.

At UNC-Wilmington, where she coached from 2010-12, Cooper-Dyke often talked about her own or players’ sex lives. For example, at one practice during the 2010-11 season, Cooper-Dyke said, “Wet, wet” after making a shot and then motioned to a player and said, “I bet that’s what (name redacted) was last night.”

During her first stint at Texas Southern, in 2012-13, Cooper-Dyke got on her knees in front of a male assistant during practice and mimicked performing fellatio, and she told one player that her slow running during a drill was due to her “getting dicked down” all the time. She called some players “Black-ass child,” “b****,” “p***y” and “dumbass.”

At USC, where Cooper-Dyke coached from 2013-17, she also harped on some players’ sex lives and named one of the team’s plays “hot sex.” She called some players “r****ded” and once mocked people with special needs. She also pressured some players to practice when they were injured or returning from an injury.

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Really sad to read this about the Houston Comets legend.

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