According to ESPN, five players said during that March 30 meeting Auburn executive associate athletic director and senior women's administrator Meredith Jenkins told the players they were risking arrest for taking the text messages from their teammate's phone and ordered them to delete the messages. In December 2010, it had been slapped with penalties over major infractions incurred by the Arizona State baseball program. On April 27, Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs said he had no knowledge of any investigation into Corey Myers' conduct. Kay Ivey, according to a report by ESPN. Myers, along with Texas A&M head coach Jo Evans and Montclair State head coach Anita Kubicka, will be inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame at the NFCA National Convention in Atlanta. "I just stopped and called my mom afterwards, 'Like this is really weird, I don't know what to do.' "They're bringing in a chef, and Corey has found a Japanese steakhouse that's not open at lunch where the chef is going to prepare their food," bureau official Cindy Pugh said earlier this week. Conference regular season and conference tournament champion The team shut out Stony Brook and Hawaii twice to earn a spot in Super Regionals. Upon receiving his degree, he returned to Prescott for one year to serve as a supervisor in the Parks and Recreation Department before taking over at CAC. [7], The 2008 Sun Devil softball team finished the season with a school record 66 wins with only 5 losses. While we don't by policy or law comment on personnel issues or issues related to students, any suggestion that Auburn Athletics or university administration didn't take it seriously or didn't act in the best interest of student-athletes is simply false. Before arriving to Auburn in 2014, Myers coached Arizona State to national titles in 2008 and 2011, and made the trip to the WCWS seven times in eight years. The Arizona State Sun Devils softball team represents Arizona State University in NCAA Division I College softball. Then, in 1983, Myers moved on to Eastern Washington for one season as he attained his M.A. Promotional Rates were found for your code. In 2010, the Sun Devils won 44 games and lost to the Florida Gators in the NCAA Gainesville Super Regional, which was the first time in the Clint Myers era the Sun Devils did not make the Women's College World Series. The Sun Devils finished off the 2000s making four straight appearances in the Women's College World Series. In his time, his teams again claimed gold, this time in the form of the 1981, 1982 and 1983 Arizona League Championships. In the Cardinals' organization, Myers played three years at the single, double and triple `A' designations before jumping into the coaching ranks following the 1975 season. People are just scared that they're going to get in trouble because at the end of the day (Clint Myers) is going to have Corey's back; it's his son.". Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. [3], The Sun Devil softball team began in 1967. Greenberg, Clint Myers and Corey Myers did not respond to messages from AL.com on Saturday. None of those assistant coaches are going to speak up because they're all hired by the head coach, and family comes first. Womens College World Series titles? In the first game of the 2008 Women's College World Series, Arizona State defeated Alabama, who was the tournament's three seed, 3-1. From 1996-2005, he was the head baseball coach where he took the Vaqueros to the Junior College World Series twice, winning the NJCAA National Championship in 2002. One former ASU administrator said she was angry when she heard about the Auburn allegations. In eight years at the helm of the Sun Devil program, Myers took seven trips to the Womens College World Series. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Corey resigned on March 30. At one point, Corey Myers allowed one of the players to temporarily live with his family at their house, an arrangement that a former ASU administrator described as "not a good practice." After his playing days, Myers began coaching in the Connie Mack Baseball League as the skipper of the Long Beach Cardinals from 1975-1976. He was poised to have the Sun Devils set for another title . Some of the best players in the country became Sun Devils in the early 1970s. I know there will be tears with the family and the grandkids there. He's insensitive, blind and oblivious to Corey. Japan and the United States are the only two countries that have qualified. He guided the Sun Devils to national titles in 2008 and 2011, and made the trip to WCWS in Oklahoma City seven times in eight years. Auburn softball coach Clint Myers announced his retirement on Aug. 23, 2017. By the 1970s, the team had been established under head coach Mary Littlewood as a power. ", "They are coming to this country to pursue their Olympic dream, and they're dependent on [each] Myers," she said. I appreciate him being willing to say, 'You know what, I can't keep doing both of these. In his two seasons at Auburn, Myers has a 98-30-1 record. Myers announcement comes after his son, Corey, resigned in the middle of the 2017 season for what the school called personal family reasons. Now both members of the Myers family have been disconnected from the Tigers softball program. All of these women at one time during their playing careers were selected as Amateur Softball Association All-Americans. Former Arizona State athletic department employees who worked with Myers and his two sons, Corey and Casey -- who also worked as a volunteer coach -- described a head coach who chafed under myriad NCAA rules, butted heads with colleagues and was a fierce promoter and protector of his sons. Under Myers, the Auburn softball program broke 23 records including 17 offensively. Those messages were then presented to Clint Myers, according to the complaint, on March 30 and Corey Myers resigned. Two days later, Clint Myers announced his retirement from Auburn. access for current print subscribers. Upon receiving his degree, he returned to Prescott for one year to serve as a supervisor in the Parks and Recreation Department before taking over at CAC. Travel plans for the team, which was scheduled to arrive in Alabama on Monday to begin practicing with their new coaching staff, reportedly have been put on hold. The community, and group of fans have been incredible and I have truly appreciated their support. "It was a team decision.". ESPN cites the letter and unspecified players as stating the team was "quarantined" for several hours prior to the road series at Georgia, when the team refused to board the bus with a player who allegedly engaged in "intimate" text conversations with Corey Myers. But I coach because I love to teach, and Ive been doing it for 40 years. The company had been creating materials for the team. After the CWS, Myers coached at Casa Grande Union High School for three seasons and led the team to league championships in 1977, 1978 and 1979. I don't care if that is your flesh and blood. In his second season at the school, Myers was voted as the Arizona High School Baseball Coach of the Year after his team won the state title. Former Auburn softball player Alexa Nemeth speaks out after alleging abuse, harassment by coaches, many of the previously reported allegations against Corey and Clint Myers from their time at Auburn, Nemeth notified administrators about the Title IX violations and filed a formal complaint, After Clint Myers resigned as head coach that August. Casey played and starred for the Sun Devils, winning the Pacific-10 Conference baseball Player of the Year honor in both 2000 and 2001. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. "I don't know if China understands the repercussions, or the severity of my position as an advocate for girls and women. No current players or members of the team last season posted public messages in response to the accusations outlined by ESPN or AL.com. Auburn University released a statement to AL.com Sunday morning and an updated lengthier statement in the evening. She eventually transferred as a result of all that unfolded. His teams also captured seven regional titles and nine ACCAC Conference titles. It's a serious matter. The Auburn-Opelika Tourism Bureau confirmed to ESPN that both Clint and Corey Myers had been making arrangements with local hotels to provide lodging for the dozens of players they've recruited from China, along with a group of interpreters and other assistants. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. The Sun Devils have made the Women's College World Series in five of his first six seasons. Auburn went 205-54-1 with four straight postseason appearances under Clint Myers, who was named SEC coach of the year in 2015 after leading the Tigers to their first SEC Tournament championship and first WCWS appearance, feats repeated in 2016. My time in coaching has been a source of great pride. His tenure at Auburn ended amid allegations of pursuing inappropriate relationships with students. The Sun Devils team won the National Championship in 2008 & 2011. Page 13 of the filing -- which can be read in full at the bottom of this story -- details how, on Aug. 7, 2017, Nemeth and her family met with Bob Dumas, a member of Auburns Board of Trustees, to inform him that Corey Myers had given Nemeth special coaching attention, but noted that after his resignation that March, her practice and playing time was virtually eliminated. During that meeting in which Nemeth addressed how the coaching staff encouraged bullying and hazing, intimidated players to break student codes, engaged in inappropriate nepotism, and engaged in sexual harassment and inappropriate contact with the students, according to the lawsuit they also discussed, on information and belief, how when Clint Myers was at Arizona State prior to being hired at Auburn, he had an assistant coach, Robert Wagner, who engaged in an affair with a player. The foundation for ongoing success is here because of Coach Myers love of Auburn and his desire to see this program reach a level of success that it had never seen before.. I've enjoyed the participation of the Chinese teams. They joined the Intermountain Conference in 1975. You can cancel at any time. ", Knight, U.S. beat Canada for world hockey gold, Gauff, Pegula put U.S. up 2-0 in BJK Cup qualifier, Finland, Sweden to play 5th-place game at worlds, Krejcikova gives BJK Cup earnings to quake relief, Vongtaveelap keeps share of lead; Kinhult falters, Top scorer Taylor 2nd Duke starter to enter portal, Source: Crews-Dezurn gets Marshall after mix-up, Germany wins, gets U.S. next in hockey quarters, Israel Adesanya reasserts himself in the MMA pound-for-pound top 10, Auburn AD: Softball issues handled discreetly, Auburn president confirms softball investigation, Ex-Auburn softball player alleges staff abuse. A coach at various levels in both softball and baseball, Myers comes to Tempe by way of 19 highly successful years at Central Arizona College, where he compiled an overall record of 887-235. Under his guidance, the Sun Devils averaged 53 wins per season, including 60-plus wins twice. Corey Myers had resigned as associate head coach on March 30 of last year after players presented evidence of his improprieties to the athletic department. "He thought Corey was the best strength coach. All five counts seek the same seven items of relief: placement on the Auburn softball team (Nemeth has one year of eligibility remaining); damages for loss of player benefits, mental anguish, embarrassment and emotional distress; injunctive relief; pre-judgment interest; attorneys fees; costs; and such other legal or equitable relief to which Plaintiff may be entitled.. [9] The Sun Devils subsequently swept the WCWS and defeated the Florida Gators in two games for the 2011 NCAA national championship. Corey Myers was never officially employed by Arizona State. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Infielder Emily Spain took what Clint Myers called a "leave of absence" at that time for what Myers said were unspecified health reasons. Katie (Myers, Clints wife) said it will make me cry. Two Alabama cities have decided not to lease public facilities to Clint Myers, the controversial former Auburn softball coach, who apparently was planning to use fields to coach China's national team. The NJCAA National Coach of the Year in 2002, Myers' teams won the Western District twice (1999, 2002) and finished runner-up three other times (2000, 2001 and 2004). A month prior to Wednesday's abrupt retirement of Auburn softball coach Clint Myers, a former player sent a complaint alleging abusive treatment by the coaching staff, sexual harassment and . That same day, Nemeth was released from the softball team, and two days later she filed the Title IX complaint. The Arizona State Sun Devils softball team represents Arizona State University in NCAA Division I College softball. I appreciate the opportunity to coach at Auburn and am proud of our successes. edit.maybe someone can fix the link to the article since it is above my pay grade. Clint Myers was hired under ASU's Love and departed under her successor, Steve Patterson, and both Love and Patterson told Outside the Lines that no one from Auburn contacted them to discuss Myers or his son ahead of hiring him. It could have been he-said-she-said type thing. It's unclear how much Auburn officials knew about the alleged issues at Arizona State before hiring Clint Myers in 2013. And on Friday, one more item will be checked off the list. After his playing days, Myers began coaching in the Connie Mack Baseball League as the skipper of the Long Beach Cardinals from 1975-1976. On April 6, Clint Myers said he would welcome Corey Myers back to the program "in a heartbeat" and he did not know if Corey Myers' resignation on March 30 was connected to the leave of absence he took from the program last fall. "We could not come to terms with the Chinese team, and we're not going to do it," said Russell Melnick, chairman of the parks and recreation board in Opelika. Corey Myers was hired as an assistant coach in 2013 and promoted to associate head coach in 2016. "Coach is a great man. Clint Myers is a retired college softball and college baseball coach, who previously served as head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils softball team and the Auburn Tigers softball team. China won its lone medal, a silver, at the 1996 Olympics. Neither Clint nor Corey Myers have responded to phone messages seeking comment. The Sun Devils were coached by Clint Myers, who led his third season. "There is a cultural divide, there is a language divide, and they are completely dependent on these men who in the past have abused that power.". The review is ongoing. You have a responsibility to these young women. In the filing, Nemeth alleges that Clint Myers commented on her appearance, while Corey Myers seemed to be grooming her for an unwanted sexual relationship, all of which constituted a hostile environment. The Bismarck, N.D., native spent 19 highly successful years coaching Central Arizona Colleges baseball and softball teams. He really thinks that Corey is the best," the former administrator said. His son. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. "It's a grind being an assistant coach and having a family; little kids, it's a tough thing. From 1984 to 1987, ASU made four straight trips to NCAA Regionals and returned to the Women's College World Series in 1987 where they finished 7th. After Clint Myers resigned as head coach that August, Nemeth tried out for the team again and was not invited to join as a walk-on. They also earned a school record 18 wins in the Pac-10 on their way to the conference championship. "How disrespectful was that to his student athletes on the team? He is currently a catcher for the Midland RockHounds, AA Affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. From 1987-95, Myers built a record of 481-43 (.917 winning pct.) Nov 22, 2013 by Brentt Eads. Over the past five months, AL.com attempted to contact more than a dozen former Auburn athletes, coaches and support staffers regarding the circumstances surrounding Corey Myers' resignation. Corey stepped away from the program for a couple of weeks. The Vaqueros' also won ACCAC Conference titles on five occasions (1997, 2001-2004) and were crowned NJCAA Region I champions five times as well (1999-02, 2004). ", In an email to Outside the Lines, former Arizona State athletic director Love wrote, "Active administrative oversight throughout his tenure may have contributed to [Clint Myers'] decision to be employed elsewhere.". Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. An Auburn spokesman declined comment when contacted by AL.com, as the universitys policy is to not comment on pending litigation. From 1987-95, Myers built a record of 481-43 (.917 winning pct.) Wednesday's abrupt retirement of Auburn softball coach Clint Myers. An inductee into the NJCAA Softball Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Arizona Softball Foundation Hall of Fame in 2001, Myers also was selected as the National Softball Coaches Association (NSCA) regional and national coach of the year in 1990, 1991 and 1992. The lawsuit alleges it was because of her participation in the Title IX complaint, the investigation and her speaking with the media about the situation.. 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