A stunning, new report emerged Friday detailing the circumstances surrounding the resignation of former Miami (Ohio) women’s basketball coach DeUnna Hendrix, who stepped down from the position Wednesday after four years with the school.
According to The Athletic, Hendrix, 38, resigned from the program following an investigation into an inappropriate relationship the former Redhawks coach had with a player. The probe began after Miami (Ohio) athletic director David Sayler reportedly became aware of a series of “intimate” text messages between Hendrix and the unnamed player on the evening of April 19.
A source within the school informed The Athletic the communication involved a “string of over 180 text messages spanning an 11-day period.” The correspondence reportedly included more than 30 messages that were of an “intimate nature,” some of which showed Hendrix telling the player, “I love you” and “You’re my baby,” and the player “professing her love for Hendrix,” per The Athletic.
