SCOTT M. REID / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER:
Don Peters, who guided the U.S. women to record-breaking success at the 1984 Olympic Games, has resigned his membership with USA Gymnastics and his coaching and director positions at SCATS, the Huntington Beach club he built into a global superpower, the Orange County Register has learned. …
USA Gymnastics, the sport’s national governing body, has scheduled a Nov. 11 hearing in Indianapolis to determine whether he should be banned from the sport he helped transform into the marquee women’s Olympic attraction …
If USA Gymnastics finds that Peters had sex with underage gymnasts he could be placed on the organization’s permanently ineligible list. The ban would prohibit Peters, a fixture at U.S. and international gymnastic events for parts of five decades, from either coaching athletes on the floor of USA Gymnastics-sanctioned events or being credentialed for those competitions. Banned coaches are also prohibited from working at what USA Gymnastics considers a “member club.” Under USA Gymnastics rules, member clubs agree “not to employ, or use as a volunteer, anyone who is on the ‘permanently ineligible list.'” …
read more – Coach accused of abuse resigns from O.C. gym
All 3 coaches investigated by reporter Scott M Reid have left the sport. The other two being: Michael Zapp and Doug Boger.
Makes me wonder who he’s going after next.
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