In Reply to: you said "dump him for questionable reasons" ... posted by barrya on August 02, 2023 at 19:12:49
Brosnan said he was told on Friday by an administrator that his contract wouldn’t be renewed because they “didn’t like how I led the team.” Brosnan feels like that was just PR talk.
He said that his direct boss, Avery Anderson, the director of track & field and XC at UCLA, loved his work and wanted UCLA to keep him. Brosnan feels he wasn’t kept on because of the fallout after some other NCAA coaches complained he was tampering with their athletes before they hit the transfer portal.
Brosnan said he had even heard a rumor that one top NCAA coach had vowed to make sure he was fired. Brosnan said the NCAA investigated the claims and he cooperated with the investigation and even turned over his phone.
“Nothing was found. I’m 100% confident in that … There were no violations,” said Brosnan. “In my head, I think they are just over it … We’re an Olympic sport and schools don’t want to hear any noise.”
Despite Brosnan’s denials, the idea that Brosnan was tampering with athletes before they hit the portal was widespread as people have been alleging it on the LetsRun.com forum for months.