Brojos -- is there a database or a living blog anywhere in the running community that keeps track of sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, sexual assault, etc. claims and charges against high school/collegiate track/xc coaches? It would seem to be a valuable tool for the running community (and larger athletic communities) to have a living, continuously updating database/blog that covered that last 20-30 years with new entries added as they come up for a number of reasons:
--AWARENESS: the frequency/magnitude of the problem would be more apparent to prospective collegiate runners, parents of runners, current runners, coaches, athletic directors, and university presidents if that type of longitudinal data were aggregated in a clear and concise format
-- TRAINING: sexual harassment training could be made required and more relevant for all incoming collegiate runners and their parents, as well as track/xc staff; aggregated clear and concise data would really make audience of the training take note
-- POLICIES: sexual harassment policies could be reviewed/updated based on the information from such a living database/blog; lessons learned from past mishandlings could help shape positive change wrt future sexual harassment claims. Too often we've seen sexual harassment/assaults occur on college campuses between a coach and an athlete, or between an athlete and a student and the university administration totally bungle the response, even though it's a recurring occurrence over the years.
Just a thought, but if this type of database/blog doesn't exist, it might be a worthwhile endeavor for the LetsRun staff or an interested party in the LetsRun community to spearhead the compiling of a comprehensive list, and then keep that database/blog as a permanent link on the LetsRun homepage with updates occurring as needed. In addition to specifics of the who/what/when/where of each incident, there could be a lessons learned section, a recommended reading section for incoming collegiate runners and their parents, a recommended lesson plan for coaches to use with their athletes, a recommended monitoring checklist for ADs to use with their coaches, etc.
Because there is general awareness amongst some of how big of a problem inappropriate sexual behavior is in the high school/collegiate athletic realm, coupled with the general unawareness by many others, coupled with the ongoing repetitiveness of the infractions, it seems like being proactive for future athletes/parents/coaches would be a constructive approach to minimize future occurrences.