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David Hale
At a media occasion Friday, North Carolina Central coach Trei Oliver was requested about essentially the most ridiculous moments he has confronted in teaching, and his response set off alarms throughout the state of Virginia.
Oliver mentioned he discovered a Virginia Tech assistant coach on the sideline for certainly one of North Carolina Central’s video games final yr and prompt the coach was there to lure his star working again, J’Mari Taylor, into the switch portal.
“Virginia Tech was truly on my sideline recruiting our working again,” Oliver instructed reporters, according to WRAL News. “That was fairly daring. I could not imagine it.”
Oliver did not identify the working again, however he mentioned the participant later transferred to the University of Virginia. Taylor was a first-team all-conference participant who’s now on Virginia’s roster.
Oliver mentioned he wanted assistant coaches to calm him down on the sideline, noting a number of instructed him, “he is simply down right here visiting.'”
“However I knew what it was,” Oliver mentioned.
Virginia Tech launched a press release Saturday saying this was the primary time the problem had been raised and that the college would examine.
“That is the primary time the problem has been dropped at our consideration, and no concern has beforehand been shared with us by means of any formal channel,” the assertion learn. “Virginia Tech takes all NCAA guidelines significantly and is dedicated to conducting our program with integrity. We’re reviewing the matter internally and can handle any findings appropriately.”
Taylor, a graduate switch, will likely be a part of the Virginia backfield rotation this season, and Oliver mentioned he’ll be rooting for his former participant at his new faculty — notably when the Cavaliers play Virginia Tech on Nov. 29.
“Thank God he went to UVA,” Oliver mentioned, “and UVA goes to beat the smoke out of them other people.”