Multiple women currently and formerly part of the Utah Tech women's basketball program have accused head coach JD Gustin of misconduct. In interviews with The Tribune, 11 women alleged Gustin used obscenities while insulting them, humiliated them in front of teammates, gave the silent treatment to some and threatened to revoke scholarships.
Multiple women currently and formerly part of the program allege that JD Gustin has been abusive to players and that the St. George school has ignored multiple complaints.
A group of parents concerned that the university had been ignoring complaints about Gustin hired a private investigator, who compiled a 55-page report in which more than 20 players and assistant coaches, past and present, anonymously made a similar range of allegations against Gustin. The investigator, Greg Rice, is a retired FBI special agent who now leads Flint Global Investigations, a private investigation firm licensed in Utah, Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming.
Utah Tech said it takes “reported allegations seriously” and is “working decisively to address and resolve these matters,” in a statement provided to The Tribune. Some of the women who spoke to The Tribune said they hoped that by making these allegations public, the St. George-based university would be compelled to take action.
While Utah Tech’s policy does not specifically outline how a coach should treat an athlete, the University of Utah’s definition of emotional abuse includes “when a coach isolates a student-athlete by ignoring them.” “I complained to Mo [after] I complained to JD’s face, calling him out on his s---,” said Jordan. “… I made a complaint that I didn’t understand what JD was doing, that I felt like he was kicking me off the team.”
She spent one season at Dixie State in 2017-18, and while she said “some of his ways of motivating people are different than what I would ever do,” she also questioned the criticism of him. In the investigator’s report, two witnesses recalled him punting a basketball toward a group of players, missing one woman’s head by inches.
Mooney said Gustin’s treatment of her caused her to have suicidal thoughts. She decided to depart the program after that one season. This is an image of an email that a Utah Tech women's basketball player, identified in a private investigator's report as Witness 4, said she sent on Feb. 2, 2019, to then-Athletic Director Jason Boothe before meeting with him twice. She told The Tribune she complained to Boothe that head coach JD Gustin was verbally and mentally abusing players on the team.The coach began what several players referred to as “a witch hunt,” trying to figure out who had reported him.
The next day, Gustin cut Witness 4′s nameplate from her locker, threw her belongings into a trash bag, and instructed the players present, including Pack, “‘Tell her to come pick up her s---,’” Pack said. A student identified as Witness 4 said she received this email from Athletic Director Jason Boothe, after she reported to Boothe that Coach JD Gustin had removed her from the team and put her belongings in a trash bag.Another complaint
“I knew him on a personal level, which was a reason I felt comfortable to go talk to him,” said Greenwood. “And I thought he would take me more seriously.” Greenwood said she felt Gustin made the actual reason apparent with this comment: “He said, ‘Oh, and this has nothing to do with the fact that you met with the president.’” A bison statue on the St. George campus of Utah Tech University, where athletic teams are known as the Trailblazers.
Vance recalled a game in which she played for five minutes in the first quarter and then Gustin sat her the rest of the game. As the team was leaving the court following a loss, she said, Gustin yelled at her in front of the team that the loss was her fault. “Being a player, an 18-, 19-year-old girl … having to be put in uncomfortable situations with a 40-plus-year-old man, it was really hard, and it was really draining and exhausting,” she said.
“Speaking selfishly, I feel that he played a huge role in wrecking my career and what I worked for,” said Witness 23. “I’m not talking about playing time … I’m just talking about the mental aspect of loving the sport. He just made it the most difficult thing ever.”
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