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Menomonee Falls Player Accuses UW-Green Bay Coach of Verbal Abuse
A former freshman basketball player claims that his coach Ryan Bross forced him to do a workout even though he was sick, which led him to defecate himself and says the coach continued to ridicule him for it.
A former Menomonee Falls basketball player complained that his coach at UW-Green Bay forced him to defecate himself and continued to verbally abuse him through the season.
Ryan Bross, a walk-on freshman, told the Green Bay Press-Gazette that Brian Wardle made him continue a workout until he lost control of his bowels and then ridiculed him for it.
An investigation was launched by the school after Bross' mother issued a letter to the chancellor.
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Bross gave a detailed account to Green Bay Press-Gazette of the embarrassment and ridicule he says Wardle put him through.
Wardle issued a statement to the Press-Gazette refuting the allegations. A number of team players have come out in the defense of the coach, reported SB Nation.
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Wardle became the youngest head coach in NCAA Division I basketball when he was hired in April 2010 by Wisconsin-Green Bay. His current record with the Phoenix over three seasons is 47-49. In an interview with Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Patch in 2011, he said that he was “all about building strong relationships with my players.”
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