W Tennis Coach Caroline Lilley let go

[SCTiger2011 1,298]

Admittedly, I havent kept up with the program, but know they've spent a good amount of time in the top 20 the last couple of years.  This release from the AD reads to me like something unpleasant happened...any insights?

@AUGoldMine

From Auburn Athletics... Auburn Athletics has made a change in leadership within the women’s tennis program. Effective immediately, Caroline Lilley will no longer lead the women’s tennis program. “The program will be under the direction of members of the men’s and women’s tennis staff on an interim basis, as the search for a permanent replacement begins. We will work closely with members of our tennis staff to ensure they have all the resources necessary to support our student athletes throughout the remainder of the 2024 season” said Director of Athletics John Cohen on Sunday.

[Tigger1985 818]

Wondering what happened also 

[AUBwins 10,117]

That's crazy.  

[Golden Eagle 423]

Have no idea what happened but she clearly did something seriously bad.  The team had a very successful weekend...and today she's fired and erased from University web sites.  Auburn isn't going to spill details so I guess we'll have to wait and see if an insider talks or an enterprising journalist gets to the bottom of it.  So far, al.com, oanews, and montgomery advertiser just saying she was fired, effective immediately without any details.  Hate seeing Auburn get negative publicity.

[ScotsAU 1,343]

Another coach also resigned from the team recently. Sounds like some kind of rule violation. 

[aubiefifty 17,226]

 

al.com

 

Auburn women’s tennis coach abruptly fired after team makes ITA Indoor Championships

Updated: Jan. 28, 2024, 5:21 p.m.|Published: Jan. 28, 2024, 4:01 p.m.

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during the match between the Texas A&M Aggies and the Auburn Tigers at Yarbrough Tennis Center in Auburn, AL on Sunday, Mar 26, 2023. Jamie Holt/Auburn TigersJamie Holt/Auburn Tigers

In a sudden change of course Sunday afternoon, athletics director John Cohen announced Auburn would be “parting ways” from women’s tennis coach Caroline Lilley in a decision that would be effective immediately.

Lilley’s ousting comes at a questionable time as 14th-ranked Auburn is in the middle of its season and coming off a big win in Durham, N.C., where Auburn topped 15th-ranked Duke on Saturday, punching the Tigers’ ticket to the ITA Indoor Championships.

By Sunday afternoon, Lilley’s name and image had already been removed from the team’s page on Auburn’s website.

The team’s associate head coach, Megan Falcon, was also removed from the team’s website Sunday. However, Falcon resigned from her post and was not fired, an Auburn athletics spokesperson confirmed to AL.com. Falcon was brought on as associate head coach in 2021.

Moving forward, with plenty left in the program’s spring schedule, Auburn’s women’s tennis team will be piloted via a shared effort between members of the men’s and women’s tennis staffs.

“The program will be under the direction of members of the men’s and women’s tennis staff on an interim basis, as the search for a permanent replacement begins,” Cohen said Sunday. “We will work closely with members of our tennis staff to ensure they have all the resources necessary to support our student athletes throughout the remainder of the 2024 season.”

Lilley was hired to lead the Tigers’ women’s program in 2019 and helped guide Auburn to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet Sixteen in the last two seasons.

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[WarTiger 3,938]

Clean up done.  We DO NOT do rumors here.   Unless you can provide a link as proof, DO NOT post it.

[AuburnNTexas 7,202]

10 hours ago, WarTiger said:

Clean up done.  We DO NOT do rumors here.   Unless you can provide a link as proof, DO NOT post it.

THANK YOU!