In a lawsuit filed on Nov. 19, Atkinson claims she did not receive the “same institutional support as male coaches of men’s teams,” and that she was “micromanaged” in a way that “male and/or white coaches and coaches of men’s teams are not.”
Stony Brook Athletics announced the hiring of Kerry Smith Monday afternoon to fill the Swimming and Diving head coach vacancy. Smith is a former captain of the Penn State University Nittany Lions and assistant coach for Yale’s swimming and diving program.