Peter Thomas Out at Keene State

He must have really screwed up for this. Keene men went 1-5 in their conference meet last year, albeit two top returners from USM and ECSU were missing and the field wasn't as strong as it had been in years past.

I hope he gets back on board, lots of good middle distance guys came from his program (Miller, Widzgowski, etc.)

Keene State also fired its 3-decade softball coach this week and the men's soccer team has its first new head coach in nearly 50 years.

The Keene State athletic department is going through a sexual harassment scandal at the moment and have done their best to sweep it under the carpet. Multiple coaches have been implicated and an assistant AD was fired earlier in the summer for not reporting incidences correctly. Not sure if Peter Thomas is the latest to be implicated, but I don't think anyone would be surprised. He's a great coach, but he's pretty "old school" with his women.

Watchout watcher wrote:

He's a great coach, but he's pretty "old school" with his women.

Yet another "great coach" qualifier on this board. Why can't any of you seem to sack up enough to call someone what they are. If they are a bad they are bad, if they are great they are great. If a guy has been harassing his athletes or fellow staff members, it doesn't make it ok b/c he is able to build champion runners.

Have some guts for once in your life!

I don't get what you're saying. He's a great coach because he has made some of the best d3 runners New England has ever seen. But he is also a dirty old man. No one is saying that being a dirty man is ok.But it is possible to be both.

Have a Good Un! wrote:

Yet another "great coach" qualifier on this board. Why can't any of you seem to sack up enough to call someone what they are. If they are a bad they are bad, if they are great they are great. If a guy has been harassing his athletes or fellow staff members, it doesn't make it ok b/c he is able to build champion runners.

Have some guts for once in your life!

Have a Good Un! wrote:

Have some guts for once in your life!

So says the anonymous poster.

Have a Good Un! wrote:

Watchout watcher wrote:

He's a great coach, but he's pretty "old school" with his women.

Yet another "great coach" qualifier on this board. Why can't any of you seem to sack up enough to call someone what they are. If they are a bad they are bad, if they are great they are great. If a guy has been harassing his athletes or fellow staff members, it doesn't make it ok b/c he is able to build champion runners.

Have some guts for once in your life!

Relax, we are calling him what he is. A good coach with some unpleasant personality traits. If he harassed his athletes then he deserves to be fired. I don't think anyone is disputing this.

There is much more to being a good coach than getting athletes to run fast. Especially at the D3 level.

Amen.

Any updates on this situation?

Unfortunately the only news source that would be interested is the daily Keene Sentinel, which has a very weak sports department. The editorial page had a comment on the basketball scandal a few days ago, but no mention of the other coaches who have been ousted. It's a good paper overall, but like most dailies has suffered from attrition. The sports editor does nothing and usually leads the section with Nascar news.

So any OFFICAL word on this? It's been a few weeks.

Still not a word in the Keene Sentinel

anymore updates? I was being currently recruited by him and he was able to schedule an overnight, now no one from the school is telling me anything.

No news on this yet? Couldn't have been that bad then.

Any new news on on what is going on at Keene?

Jonny J J J wrote:

No news on this yet? Couldn't have been that bad then.

Trust me: just because there hasnt been an official statement doesnt mean that something bad didnt go down. I know from experience.

Pin racer wrote:

Jonny J J J wrote:

No news on this yet? Couldn't have been that bad then.

Trust me: just because there hasnt been an official statement doesnt mean that something bad didnt go down. I know from experience.

Go on...

It is going on almost 2 months now with no answers. Even if he comes back what parent is going to want to send their kids to Keene Sate knowing the coach was under investigation??