Coach convicted of sexual abuse of a minor

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

More and more states are requiring teachers, including coaches, to undergo background checks. It isn't just us.

I'd be surprise if you could find a state that didn't require checks for teachers and coaches; and it makes perfect sense to me. They have, by the nature of their work, direct authoritative access to children on a daily basis.

[WreckRef]

The reason he didn't need a background check is because he ran his own club, Triple Threat. Had he coached a school team he most certainly would have been required to go through a background check.

I coached basketball at a junior high in Oregon around 10 years ago and was fingerprinted so they could run an FBI background check.

And Mark, no need to be ashamed about working his camps, at the time you had no idea what kind of person he really was.

I used to work at SportsNation when he was running Triple Threat out of there and talked to him on quite a few occasions. I was horrified when I read the first article a couple of years ago.

[Mark Padgett]

The guy gets 15 years.

Basketball coach Howard Avery sentenced to 15 years - OregonLive.com

[DLH17]

Originally Posted by wreckref

the reason he didn't need a background check is because he ran his own club, triple threat. Had he coached a school team he most certainly would have been required to go through a background check.

I coached basketball at a junior high in oregon around 10 years ago and was fingerprinted so they could run an fbi background check.

and mark, no need to be ashamed about working his camps, at the time you had no idea what kind of person he really was.

i used to work at sportsnation when he was running triple threat out of there and talked to him on quite a few occasions. I was horrified when i read the first article a couple of years ago.

ditto