It’s been happening for years.
I’ve written about it often; Players and parents upset about the coach.
Today I bring you a story of a girls high school basketball coach that was fired. Seems to be one of those cases where the parents were “too” involved. They’re actually calling it, “parent negativity surrounding the program.”
If you have coached, I’m sure you have had a situation with a disgruntled parent.
The one thing I have always come to realize was that the parent’s complaint was usually about playing time.
This past winter Alma put together one of the best seasons in program history as it went 19-6 overall and won a Division 2 district title before being bounced in the regional round. The 19 wins ties the single-season program record, a record that was established way back in 1978 when Alma went 19-1. Additionally, the district title was the first for the program since 2016.
In short the Panthers had a banner winter season, yet despite it all Sunken was fired because of ‘parent negativity.’
Alma’s administrators told Sunken, “The administrative team met and due to parent negativity surrounding the program we have to terminate you.”
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