Syracuse women’s basketball staff member Ronnie Enoch is no longer employed by the university, a school spokesperson confirmed to Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard on Monday.
The school confirmed Enoch’s employment status after it announced the resignation of women’s basketball coach Quentin Hillsman.
Hillsman resigned on Monday in the middle of a school-funded investigation by lawyers into accusations of inappropriate behavior and bullying. The accusations were mostly anonymous and made by Syracuse athletes and staff members in an article by The Athletic’s Chantel Jennings and Dana O’Neil.
Enoch, a friend of Hillsman, was accused in the report of making some Syracuse players and staff members feel uncomfortable. He had also been accused of making multiple players feel uncomfortable at a previous job.
Senior Associate Vice President for Communications Sarah Scalese said she could not disclose whether Enoch had been fired by the school, resigned or whether his contract had expired and was not renewed. She cited university policy.
Enoch could not be reached for comment.
Both men were mentioned in an article published by The Athletic that was critical of the culture within the women’s basketball program at Syracuse.
While the article focused largely on accusations of inappropriate behavior and bullying by Hillsman, Enoch was also mentioned by name as a staff member who made multiple people uncomfortable. One anonymous player in the article said that he made comments about another player in regard to menstruating.
While working as an assistant coach at North Carolina Central University, he was accused by multiple players of making inappropriate comments about their bodies (including asking about menstruation), about sexual relationships and for sending text messages that made them uncomfortable.
Enoch was put on paid leave at NCCU following the accusations, which were reported by the Durham Herald Sun at the time, and he was not retained. He denied the accusations at the time.
He followed his time at NCCU with stints as an assistant coach at Hillside High School (Durham, N.C.) and as an assistant coach at Tennessee State. While he was fired at Tennessee State, The Athletic reported there were no known accusations of inappropriate behavior while he was at the school.
Syracuse announced Enoch’s hiring nearly two years ago on Aug. 27, giving him the title of Director of Recruiting and Athlete Performance and praising his 20 years of coaching experience.
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