By Nader Issa and Madeline Kenney
Sheryl Swoopes, who Loyola announced wouldn’t return as its women’s basketball head coach on July 3, released a statement through her representatives on Tuesday.
Swoopes said she feels the university’s investigation — launched on April 15 after The PHOENIX reported 10 of the team’s 12 expected returners had plans to leave the program — proved there was no wrongdoing on her part.
“All I can say at this point is that I do feel vindicated,” Swoopes said in the release. “I was one hundred percent pleased with what I thought clearly supported all I’ve ever tried to provide as a coach, an employee and the woman of character my mother has raised.