This is something you don’t see every day.
22-year-old assistant basketball coach Alisha Boykins from Virginia was recently fired from her job after trying to play on the team.
Boykins had a player out of town due to a club game, so she decided to impersonate the missing player, play in the JV game, and give out buckets to girls eight years younger than her.
Because of this, after Boykins was fired, the athletes and parents decided to end the season.
The father of the 13-year-old girl who was impersonated says he wants an apology, which hasn’t come yet.
A high school basketball coach in Virginia has been fired after impersonating a 13-year-old player in a game.
Arlisha Boykins, a 22-year-old assistant coach on the Churchland junior varsity girls basketball team in Portsmouth, suited up for the Truckers while a teenage student-athlete was out of town at a club basketball tournament, parents of the girl told WAVY TV 10.
In video footage from the Jan. 21 game, which took place in Suffolk against Nansemond River, Boykins can be seen wearing a black No. 1 jersey for Churchland while playing in the contest.
Boykins, who was going up against 14-and-15-year-old girls, recorded a block and drove to the basket for a layup in highlights obtained by WAVY. She was also seen interacting with the team, shooting free throws and at one point, dove into the stands for a loose ball.
In addition to Boykins, the Truckers’ junior varsity head coach and the head coach of the varsity team were fired — with sources telling the outlet that the varsity coach was “encouraging the behavior” during the game.
“Coaches always preach to the kids about integrity and those types of things, so I was just shocked,” the father of the 13-year-old said.
Winning isn’t that serious. Especially a JV game.
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