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Sooners' Sherri Coale apologizes after ex-players say program racially insensitive
Oklahoma women's basketball coach Sherri Coale apologized Sunday after some former black players wrote on social media over the weekend that they felt there was an atmosphere of racial insensitivity in her program.
On Friday, former Sooners player Gioya Carter responded to a photo of Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley speaking out on police violence in the Black community after the Sooners football team marched in solidarity. Carter, who played at Oklahoma from 2013 to '17, tweeted, "I wish I knew what it felt like to have a head coach at OU like this but instead my 4yrs there was filled with comments like. 'You guys act like it happened to you.' 'If y'alls long braids hits one of my players in the face' as if the ppl in braids weren't her players."
At least eight other former Sooners have since posted messages of support for Carter on social media, with many sharing their own experiences.
Coale and Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione both released statements Sunday night.
Ex-players lodge culture complaints at OU's Coale
Oklahoma women's basketball coach Sherri Coale apologized Sunday after some former black players wrote on social media over the weekend that they felt there was an atmosphere of racial insensitivity in her program.
On Friday, former Sooners player Gioya Carter responded to a photo of Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley speaking out on police violence in the Black community after the Sooners football team marched in solidarity. Carter, who played at Oklahoma from 2013 to '17, tweeted, "I wish I knew what it felt like to have a head coach at OU like this but instead my 4yrs there was filled with comments like. 'You guys act like it happened to you.' 'If y'alls long braids hits one of my players in the face' as if the ppl in braids weren't her players."
At least eight other former Sooners have since posted messages of support for Carter on social media, with many sharing their own experiences.
Coale and Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione both released statements Sunday night.
Ex-players lodge culture complaints at OU's Coale