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Report: Hatchell probed for alleged racist remarks

North Carolina's Hall of Fame women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell is under investigation over allegations that she made racially offensive remarks -- including telling her players they would get "hanged from trees with nooses" if they didn't improve -- and tried to force players to compete through serious injuries, according to a report on Thursday in The Washington Post.

The report cites interviews with seven people with knowledge of the investigation, including six parents of current players.

North Carolina has placed Hatchell and her three assistants on paid administrative leave and is reviewing the program, saying in a statement on Monday that the review is "due to issues raised by student-athletes and others."

In a phone interview with The Post on Thursday, Hatchell's attorney, Wade Smith, said the racially offensive remarks attributed to Hatchell by parents are incorrect and misconstrued.

"She said, 'They're going to take a rope and string us up, and hang us out to dry,'" Smith said.

"There is not a racist bone in her body. ... A very high percentage of the people who have played for her and who love her are African-American women. She is a terrific coach and a truly world-class human being."

Hatchell released a statement on Monday saying she will cooperate fully with the review.

"I've had the privilege of coaching more than 200 young women during my 44 years in basketball," Hatchell said. "My goal has always been to help them become the very best people they can be, on the basketball court and in life.

"I love each and every one of the players I've coached and would do anything to encourage and support them. They are like family to me. I love them all."

North Carolina said in a statement on Thursday it would have no further comment until the review is completed.

Hatchell, a 2013 Hall of Fame inductee, is the winningest women's basketball coach in Atlantic Coast Conference history. She has a career record of 1,023-405 and is 751-325 in 33 years at UNC with a national title in 1994.

She was diagnosed with leukemia in 2013, underwent chemotherapy through March 2014 and returned the following season to lead the Tar Heels to a 26-9 finish. The program also spent several seasons under the shadow of the school's multiyear NCAA academic case dealing with irregular courses featuring significant athlete enrollments across numerous sports, a case that reached a no-penalty conclusion in October 2017.

Hatchell received a contract extension in September 2016 that runs through the end of next season.

North Carolina went 18-15 this season with upsets of top-10 teams NC State and Notre Dame. The Tar Heels lost to Cal in the first round of the NCAA tournament, their first trip there since 2015.

Andrew Calder, the program's associate head coach who was in charge while Hatchell fought leukemia, has been at the school for 33 years. Her other assistants are Sylvia Crawley, a former Tar Heels player and former head coach at Boston College; and recruiting coordinator Bett Shelby.
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wadupdoe!313 said:
UNC football UNC mens basketball abd now UNC womens basketball all have faced serious allegations and scandal in recent years.

The President and AD need to be in some hot water
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Wasn't the other teams in trouble for grade fixing and putting kids in dummy classes and stuff? I can't remember and don't really care enough to look it up. Lmao

Looking at the comment her lawyer said makes more sense into what she most likely said. I'm not going to bat for the old dirtbag ass chick but she would have to be a damn fool to say she is going to hang or lynch her own players. I would have an easier time believing it if she coached a tiny school or a school without the majority of her players being of African ancestry.

But................ you never know. Especially how emboldened some of these nut bags are these days
 
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Her making or trying to influence people who are seriously hurt to keep playing is some bullshit.

She is most likely going to get fired especially if the team hasn't played too well these last few seasons.
 
Most likely a player just in their feelings and was smart enough to confuse her words but she in that age range where she herself could have been in her feelings and let some racist shit slip. Can't call it.
 
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Ex-UNC coach Hatchell charged in fatal accident

Former North Carolina women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell has been charged in connection with an accident that killed an elderly pedestrian.
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Ex-Tar Heels coach Sylvia Hatchell, 67, charged in pedestrian death

DURHAM, N.C. -- The former women's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina has been charged in connection with an accident that killed an elderly pedestrian, police said Friday.

Durham police said in a news release that Sylvia Hatchell, 67, was cited for misdemeanor death by vehicle and unsafe movement violation.

Betty Colby, 89, was struck by a vehicle about noon Monday in the parking lot of a fitness center, police said. The impact knocked Colby backward, and she hit her head on the pavement, investigators said.

Colby died Wednesday, according to the news release.

Investigators also said that neither speed nor impairment were factors in the accident.

Hatchell resigned as women's basketball coach last April after an external review found she had made "racially insensitive" comments and applied "undue influence" regarding players' ability to compete through medical issues. The review conducted by a Charlotte law firm also revealed "a breakdown of connectivity between the players and Hatchell" after 28 interviews of current players and program personnel.

Hatchell didn't immediately return a text message from The Associated Press on Friday night. Wade Smith, an attorney who has worked with Hatchell previously, responded to a text from the AP that he hadn't been in contact with Hatchell. He offered no additional comment.
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A racist and now a killer too.. The circle of a racist crackas life...
 
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