A couple months ago some former members of the Illinois women’s basketball program filed a complaint with the athletic department regarding the way in which they’d been treated by head coach Matt Bollant and former associate head coach Mike Divilbiss, alleging verbal and emotional abuse and making racist remarks to the team.
Three players (Jacqui Grant, Taylor Gleason and Taylor Tuck) sent a letter to the Chicago Tribune regarding the situation, with a fourth (Amarah Coleman) reaching out to the campus newspaper to provide details of the abuse. At the time athletic director Mike Thomas vowed to address these issues, but apparently he hasn’t done so to the satisfaction of the former players (three having transferred and Tuck having graduated) and their families.