Players and parents have complained about Kelso to school and Archdiocese of Los Angeles officials for more than a year.
Chaminade head coach Megan Kelso has a moment with a player in a February playoff game this year at Chaminade High School. Chaminade Prep girls basketball coach Megan Kelso has been forced to resign after more than a year of complaints by players and parents to school and Archdiocese of Los Angeles officials alleging that she has routinely bullied players.
Chaminade officials ignored or failed to effectively address the “foreseeable danger” of the continued abusive and inappropriate behavior by Kelso outlined in complaints to school and Archdiocese of Los Angeles officials, players and parents alleged in interviews with SCNG and in letters from an attorney for the families to school and archdiocese officials, creating a toxic environment.
“ pits the girls against each other,” said the mother of a player who left the team this past season. The woman asked, like the other parents and players, not to be named in this report because of a fear of retaliation by Chaminade or Archdiocese of Los Angeles officials. In addition to routinely bullying certain players, all the players and their parents allege that Kelso regularly uses family crises to verbally and emotionally abuse players. Kelso has used or referred to parents’ separations or divorce proceedings, the hospitalization of parents or grandparents, the death of pets, or in one case a physical altercation between a player and her father to mock or belittle players, according to seven players and 11 parents, as well as emails and letters.
The player also recounted an incident with a player returning to practice after an illness. The team had installed a new play while the girl was sick. In her first practice back, the girl struggled to pick up the play, prompting Kelso to start screaming at her. The girl had a panic attack. A group of Chaminade players were recounting their weekends as they stretched before a Monday practice in January 2022 when Kelso walked over to the group and joined the conversation.“I got some this weekend.
“I see it as, it’s a racial label, it’s without identity, it’s kind of, when it’s used it’s basically objectifying our men and I mean, our men have been objectified since we were first brought over here. So this is really, really setting us back. And then for having a white woman say that it kind of just, yeah, it pretty much brings us all the way back to slave days.Kelso did not respond to multiple requests for comment over a several week period.
“What we can share is that our school takes concerns about our athletic program seriously. We have procedures and policies in place to ensure that concerns raised, including those involving our athletic staff, are addressed appropriately at our school.
DiMuro did not respond to repeated requests for comment. Three other former Chaminade assistant coaches including Jen Laolagi, the current Notre Dame head coach, also did not respond to multiple requests for comment.Players and parents said Kelso began bullying players almost from the first practice.
She told the assistant in confidence that the previous night the player, then a minor, had gotten into what she described as a physical altercation with her father. She didn’t know where she would spend the night after the game. The assistant coach informed the player that as a mandated reporter under California law, she would have to report the altercation allegation to either law enforcement or Child Protective Services.
“For the rest of the season, never checked in on me even once. You know, no ‘What’s going on?’ Why are you trying to make me feel even more . I’m not crying about playing time. The game hasn’t even started. She was just trying to make this situation more insignificant than it was. Failed to bring it up or ask me how I was doing even once.”
Players and parents alleged Kelso’s bullying often consisted of her swearing at players in deeply personal terms in front of the team.
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