Hours after the Boston Herald began making inquiries about sexual text messages found on the cell phone of Boston College women's ice hockey's leading scorer, head coach Tom Mutch abruptly resigned. Mutch had been named New England coach of the year and had led the team to the Frozen Four for the first time.
Apparently following the LSU model for crisis management, Boston College originally issued a statement saying Mutch was leaving to pursue other interests, and thanking Mutch for his contributions to the program. Did they think the story wouldn't get out?
The messages were on a cell phone that the player had given to a teammate, who discovered the messages. They were written from the player to Mutch. The Herald reports:
One source familiar with the messages described them as “filthy. They were very sexual in nature.”
Coach Mutch is 39 years old, and married to a 31-year-old former ice hockey player he met while he was her coach with the women's Olympic team in 1998; they have a 7-month-old baby. The player is a 19-year-old freshman. [I see no reason to name her here. You can read her name on the links. She's been humiliated enough, IMHO.] I bet her parents back home, entrusting their daughter to this guy, are furious, and rightly so. I'm sure his wife is furious, also.
These coaches who marry former players that they met while coaching them should be carefully monitored. They have either crossed or come close to crossing the line in the past. Don't schools do the math? Nine years ago his 31-year-old wife was 22 years old, the same age as many Boston College seniors. Schools must be more careful.
The Herald also reports:
A 2005 profile of Mutch in the BC publication “The Heights” said he was fond of singing Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” to his players.
In retrospect, this is seen as a red flag. I would say, the fact that he is married to a former player is a much bigger red flag.
Boston Herald: BC hockey coach quits after sexy messages surface
Boston Herald: Students mum on beleaguered BC hockey coach
Boston Globe: BC's Mutch quits amid allegations
Coach abruptly leaves women's hockey job
TheHeights.com: Mutch resigns amid controversy
Allegations of inappropriate relationship with player surface
after atalanta: Another player/coach incident
Bostonist.com: Too Mutch: BC Coach Resigns in Sex Scandal
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