McKeever’s attorney said that 48 letters have been written, defending the coach’s reputation. The letters, however, don’t dispute or address specific allegations made against her.
In the summer of 1997, Jill Sterkel retreated to her parent’s California home to recover from the Epstein-Barr virus that had forced her to take a break from her job as head coach of the University of Texas women’s swim team.
But in their letters to Cal officials, McKeever’s supporters portray her as a groundbreaking coach who is the victim of a gender bias and of athletes who don’t want to be held accountable for their shortcomings in and out of the pool. Mogulof said the university has “no comment regarding information or correspondence sent to our legal counsel office.”an August letter to Berkeley chancellor Carol Christ
“Teri listened to me,” the woman wrote, “asked me what I needed and how she could support me, and let me know that there was at least one other woman on the team that had gone through the same thing and could be a valuable resource if I felt as though I needed it.” Sterkel in her letter addressed to Knowlton referred to SCNG’s reporting and the university financed investigation of McKeever as a “witch hunt.” But she acknowledged in an interview that she has not spoken to any of the swimmers making the allegations or was aware of specific incidents.
In the letters provided to the SCNG, no one was more forceful in their defense of McKeever than former Princeton head coach Susan Teeter, another longtime friend of McKeever’s and a staff member for two U.S. Olympic teams. “ … Being in the position you are in as Athletic Director at Cal, and in previous positions, I’m sure you’re aware of the things people have said about you. You only have to lose 1 football game at Cal for people to want you to get fired. This is the same shameful behavior we’re watching these women take on Teri. I have never seen any of the behavior they claim and would never be friends or colleagues with anyone who acted that way. I hope you can see through these young women’s accusations.
Sterkel said she gained an even greater understanding of implicit bias when she became the mother of a Black son.
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