RYAN J. FOLEY
Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A top University of Iowa athletic administrator and the college’s recently fired women’s field hockey coach say their long-standing relationship was not a conflict of interest.
The relationship between senior associate athletics director Jane Meyer and coach Tracey Griesbaum has come under scrutiny following Griesbaum’s recent firing over allegations of player mistreatment. At least one parent of a former player and one professor have claimed that the couple’s relationship created the appearance that complaints about Griesbaum’s coaching would be ignored.
Griesbaum and Meyer confirmed their decade-long relationship Wednesday, saying they live together but aren’t married.
They say they weren’t required to disclose or take steps to manage the relationship because Griesbaum didn’t report to Meyer, who had been the department’s no. 2 official until an August reorganization.
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