'Creepy' behavior: NCCU women's coach ousted after parent complaint
The behavior of the associate head coach of the North Carolina Central University women's basketball team was so odd that Tonya Kirkpatrick, the mother of a freshman player, complained to the university.
Posted — Updated"He wanted to be real close real fast," Kirkpatrick said. "The way he would call and ask us what we were doing."
Enoch never said or did anything sexually inappropriate, Kirkpatrick said, but he did discuss boyfriends and birth control with the players, conversations that, she said, "were really none of his business."
Enoch was placed on paid leave March 16 and, as of Thursday, was no longer with the program, a university spokeswoman said.
He had coached the Eagles since 2012 when he came from Johnson C. Smith University with head coach Vanessa Taylor.
Kirkpatrick said she believed Taylor knew about and condoned Enoch's behavior.
"I always felt like she knew his character," Kirkpatrick said. "He should have never been able to do the things he’s done and say the things he’s said to players and parents."
According to the Durham Herald-Sun, three players were also dismissed from the team.
Kirkpatrick said her daughter would not be returning to N.C. Central for her sophomore year.
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