There are numerous allegations against Wichita State head coach Gregg Marshall, including claims that he punched a player and choked an assistant coach.
The Athletic released a story last night with some serious allegations against Marshall.
Jeff Goodman of Watch Stadium followed that up with more details:
Among the allegations Stadium uncovered:
* Marshall punched Morris in the head during a practice in October of 2015.
“I love my teammates, the city and Wichita State,” said Morris, who played at Wichita State from 2014-18. “But if I could go back to that day when he punched me, I would have left.”
* Marshall choked Lindsted, then a Shockers assistant coach, at a practice during the 2016-17 season, sources said. Lindsted, now an assistant at Minnesota, declined comment.
* Marshall taunted junior forward Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler, who is of Native American descent, “to get back on his horse” and made “Indian howling noises” while in practice during the 2018-19 season.
* Marshall body-shamed a former player by lifting his shirt up during a practice in the 2015-16 season, grabbing the player’s stomach and then mocking the player’s girth.
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Of the 36 players and coaches Stadium interviewed, only Morris and former Wichita State guard Ty Taylor agreed to be identified for this report. The remaining individuals, who corroborated the allegations against Marshall, said they feared retribution and possible community backlash because of Marshall’s support and power in Wichita.
In the past two years, 10 players have transferred from Wichita State, including seven after last season. That’s nearly double the national average, and an unusually high number of defections for such a storied program. Each player Stadium contacted said Marshall’s treatment of players and coaches they experienced and witnessed was the primary reason for leaving the program. Stadium spoke to eight of the 10 players who left over the past two seasons.
“He doesn’t know how to treat people,” a former player said. “I felt like I wasn’t playing for him, but that I was playing against him. He f—– me up mentally.”
If only we could have seen this coming from Gregg Marshall…. pic.twitter.com/JRLcsX25nJ
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) October 9, 2020
