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GW Basketball Coach Fired After Telling The Players Athletic Director Masturbated To Practice Videos

School officials says Mike Lonergan "engaged in conduct inconsistent with the university’s values."

George Washington University has fired Mike Lonergan, the controversial head coach of the school's men's basketball team, in the wake of allegations he told players the school's athletic director was masturbating to their practice videos.

A Washington Post story featured interviews with five current and former players who said Lonergan told them GW athletic director Patrick Nero "requested the practice tapes so he could masturbate while viewing them in his office."

“The players said Lonergan also told them Nero had engaged in a sexual relationship with a member of the team,” the article reported. “Players said they found those comments to be shocking and offensive, with no grounding in reality."

More than a dozen players had reportedly left the team and the university in the past five years because of "bizarre and abusive behavior" by Lonergan.

“The university recently conducted a thorough investigation into allegations concerning Coach Lonergan,” Provost Forrest Maltzman said in a statement. “The university concluded that Coach Lonergan had engaged in conduct inconsistent with the university’s values."

Lonergan's attorneys said the ex-coach will "seek appropriate relief" from the school for what they consider a wrongful termination.

h/t: Washington Blade

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