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Grambling St. Fires Volleyball Coach Chelsey Lucas Months After She Cut The Entire Team

Remember the Grambling women’s volleyball coach that cut her entire team a couple of months after she was hired?

She’s back in the headlines.

Coach Chelsey Lucas was fired as the volleyball coach after the school says they had an internal investigation according to Fox 8 in Louisina. The school says

“The success of student-athletes and their ability to matriculate at Grambling State University is the top priority,” said Dr. Trayvean Scott, president of intercollegiate athletics for GSU. “As we move forward in this transition and commence a national search for the next coach, all volleyball student-athletes who received scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year will keep their scholarships and remain on the team. Walk-ons will also continue to hold their roster spot.”

Lucas says the firing came without any notice or without being able to talk about it. In addition to that, she says that it came after she made a complaint about the way she was treated by the athletic director and had made a request to talk to the school president just a few days before.

“Since I started at Grambling, I have been ordered not to speak to the media. My voice has unfortunately been silenced despite the rumors and accusations about me. As a result, I have not been able to provide my side of the story about the many events that have occurred during my tenure as head volleyball coach at Grambling. I was told today, without notice or any opportunity for discussion, that I was being terminated. When I asked why I was being terminated, the administration was not able to provide me any details about why they decided to fire me.

“This termination came just days after I had requested and then had a meeting with the President to discuss the way I had been treated in recent weeks by the Athletic Director. The AD, without me knowing in advance, was invited to this meeting with the President. The AD was visibly upset at my complaints during my meeting with the President, and today I was informed that he was the one who recommended my termination.

Lucas was first in the headlines after cutting all 19 players on the roster back in April just a couple of months after she was hired. She says that she and her lawyer will be working on a statement and that her side of the story shows the firing was unjust.

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