USC coach Jeremy Kipp resigns amid allegations of abusive treatment of swimmers

USC males’s and girls’s swimming coach Jeremy Kipp has resigned amid an investigation into a number of allegations of abusive remedy of Trojans swimmers .

Kipp stepped down Sunday after two seasons on the helm of a program he as soon as informed The Instances was his “dream job.” The coach stated in a press release saying his resignation that he was stepping down “as a result of problem of those previous few months.”

Kipp had been on administrative depart since October whereas the college investigated allegations towards the coach, who in 2020 turned one of many first teaching hires made by present USC athletic director Mike Bohn.

In a press release saying that Kipp resigned, Bohn expressed USC’s appreciation for “Jeremy’s practically 10 years of service to our swim applications. We want him nicely in his future endeavors.”

His second stint at USC turned out to be notably tumultuous. A former USC assistant, Kipp was employed from Northwestern to switch longtime coach Dave Salo after a sequence of videoconference interviews through the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bohn stated on the time that the response from USC’s swimmers to his rent was “as validating a response to a coach rent that I’ve ever had in my profession.”

That enthusiasm throughout the program rapidly dissolved. An incident final April, which was first reported by SwimSwam.com, sparked an investigation that led the college to place Kipp on depart. Different allegations, the precise nature of that are nonetheless unclear, have been levied towards the coach forward of October, when he was pressured to step away from the group.

No point out of these allegations or the college’s investigation into Kipp’s conduct have been made within the college’s announcement of his resignation Sunday. As an alternative, in his final phrases as USC’s coach, Kipp expressed satisfaction for “what we have been capable of accomplish in such a short while.”

“I stay up for watching the Trojans’ continued success on the Pac-12 and NCAA championships for years to come back,” Kipp stated. “I’m endlessly grateful for the help I’ve obtained from lots of the athletes I’ve coached in my profession.”

Each USC swim groups are ranked eleventh nationally this season as affiliate head coach Lea Maurer took the helm in Kipp’s absence. Maurer will proceed as coach till Kipp’s substitute is employed.