Paul Duffy

@breese34 @TiffanyTucker65 @UMBCAthletics Systematic de-emphasizing of lacrosse at UMBC. Unfortunate. Actions speak louder than words. Posting these positions at half the prior coaches salary and lower than where they posted 10 years ago sends a clear message that UMBC does not care about the lacrosse athletes.

Hey @TiffanyTucker65 and @UMBCAthletics Why don’t you be honest and say you want to downgrade lacrosse at UMBC and don’t want to pay your head coaches. And that you will find and use any excuse possible to fire them because you want to decrease their salary. Tell the student athletes you want to pay the next head coaches nearly half what previous coaches made and still expect to get a qualified applicant. Be honest to your student athletes!!

Coaches and student-athletes in the UMBC Department of Athletics are suffering and operating in an environment that thrives on fear, intimidation and lack of support. Where is the UMBC leadership? A MLAX team threatened by an Athletic Director, an investigation of a coach that lacked all objectivity, an Athletic Director with a copy of a Resident Life staff report and an obligation to report who (then) fires a Head Coach for not reporting. Law enforcement is necessary to undo the damage that is being done by this Athletic Administration. #SubpoenaTheHearingVideo

The actions of the UMBC administration violate the UMBC Title IX consent decree with the DOJ. Compliance with Title IX does not mean violating the rights of Respondents and tolerating witness tampering. #SubpoenaTheHearingVideo

Filing a false police report is a crime. Suborning perjury is a crime. Witness tampering is a crime.

Three levels of mandatory Title IX reporting obligations ignored by UMBC (1) campus police, (2) resident life staff and (3) a senior level athletic administrator and a head coach is fired. The senior level athletic administrator who had a copy of the resident life staff report (and showed the coach a telephone sized image of the first page of the report ONLY) and a blatant conflict of interest recommended the termination. A mysterious disappearance of a Title IX administrator in the middle of a case. WHAT AM I MISSING? WHERE IS UMBC LEADERSHIP?

After witnessing repeated acts of malfeasance, false campus police reports and blatant, illegal interference by a support person/parent during a university hearing (where the support person was caught texting answers to the complainant during his cross examination), I requested that law enforcement be notified of the conduct. No action was taken by UMBC administration. A UMBC INVESTIGATOR, TITLE IX DIRECTOR AND TITLE IX “DECISION MAKER” WITNESSED THE CONDUCT. Several days later, a new Title IX director was appointed. After I notified UMBC of my concerns, a hearing officer confirmed the support person/parent’s conduct after reviewing WEBEX footage of the hearing. The support person/person was seen openly texting with the complainant and the “witness” reading the responses (as his own) during cross examination. THE ACTIONS OF THE SUPPORT PERSON/PARENT AND COMPLAINANT WERE CAPTURED ON WEBEX VIDEO. The conduct of the Athletic Director and responsible individual parties violates Title IX and warrants a review by law enforcement for possible criminal charges. WHERE IS UMBC LEADERSHIP? Been doing this work for well over three decades, I have never seen anyone text responses to a witness in real time during a hearing. And a head coach was fired over this…..? I am formally requesting a review by the UMBC Board and Maryland law enforcement. A similar request was made to UMBC weeks ago.

Maryland law enforcement authorities should subpoena the WEBEX video of the February 11, 2026 hearing. The conduct captured by that video was a clear violation of the law. WHERE WAS UMBC LEADERSHIP? Several members of UMBC “leadership” and a UMBC hearing officer were visible on the video while witness tampering occurred. The Athletic Director had a conflict of interest and should not have been allowed to participate in an employment decision.

A UMBC hearing officer confirms multiple acts of witness tampering in the middle of a hearing. A senior UMBC Title IX administrator and Title IX investigator are participants in the hearing and see blatant, VISIBLE witness tampering which included blurting out a response for the complainant/witness to hear (all confirmed by the hearing officer) and the Athletic Director opts to fire the coach. What is the Athletic Director hiding?

A simple comparison between the police reports and hearing video coupled with the videotaped actions of the “Support Person”/parent results in prima facie cases of (1) perjury, (2) filing false police reports, (3) witness tampering and (4) suborning perjury. Where is UMBC leadership? Where were the multiple layers of mandatory reporters? If UMBC leadership can’t be trusted (and they can’t) to regulate themselves, Maryland law enforcement is needed to investigate this case. The UMBC Athletic Director has a conflict of interest.

While the “Support Person”/Parent was sending cross examination responses to the Complainant, the Complainant turned his video camera off. THE HEARING OFFICER INSTRUCTED ALL PARTIES TO HAVE THEIR VIDEO CAMERAS ENGAGED AT ALL TIMES. The disengaged video camera gave the Complainant an adequate opportunity to communicate with his mother without being seen by parties on the call. The UMBC “Decision Maker”/Hearing Officer confirmed Complainant’s conduct in writing. These actions were calculated criminal acts. Where was UMBC leadership and why was this not referred for criminal prosecution?

Maryland Law Enforcement, SUBPOENA THE HEARING VIDEO!!!!! #SubpoenaTheVideo

I wonder what would be found in a FOIA or public document request for the UMBC Athletic Director’s university e-mail or work phone texts.

Why was the UMBC Athletic Director protected from testifying when she had knowledge of the alleged incident that was “not reported” by the head coach before the head coach’s alleged knowledge. She was evasive during her interview with UMBC’s Title IX investigator. The Athletic Director is a mandatory reporter and had a copy of a resident life staff report. She allowed the head coach to glimpse at a copy of the first page of the resident life report. She apparently received it via e-mail on her telephone. If there was a reporting requirement, the Athletic Director was legally obligated to do so. She was not allowed to testify at the February 11, 2026. Why did the “hearing officer” not grant a motion to have her testify. SHE THEN FIRED THE HEAD COACH FOR NOT REPORTING THE INCIDENT. This appears to be a cover up at the highest level of a public university and an attempt to scapegoat a coach. The UMBC Board has an obligation to investigate this matter. Maryland law enforcement will be necessary to assure objectivity. Where is UMBC leadership? Why is a head coach fired when three layers of mandatory reporters failed to report the same incident? It is easier to scapegoat a coach than drop responsibility at the feet of university executives. Interestingly, in a prior incident, the head coach filed an ECR report and was told (by the Athletic Director) that there was no need to report.

All UMBC MLAX student-athletes should be entitled to a hardship waiver for this year and the University should aggressively support it. They were threatened by a senior athletic department administrator with cancellation of the full season (and assumed guilty), have practiced and played without a full coaching staff.

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@CoachJay34 Congratulations coach.

Excited to be Running Backs Coach at Stevenson University

That @chc_soccer cards at it again!

@_ChaseDorsey58 @BallCoach_MWard @CHCCoachWard @LurzSteve @CHCTouchdown Great work Chase!!!!