Illinois Men’s Gymnastics Coach Jon Valdez Resigns
Posted on 28 October 2008 by admin
Many stories have been posted the past few days about the resignation of Illinois Assistant Men’s Gymnastics Coach Jon Valdez . Most have flirted with potential implications, but so far the story is short on hard facts, other than Valdez’ September arrest for drunk driving in Waukesha, WI. A mysterious investigation of a “camera-in-the-locker-room” incident has so far not been factually connected to Valdez.
Valdez, Justin Spring’s personal coach, resigned on October 17 for “personal reasons.” Among those interviewed to replace Valdez is Ivan Ivankov, the former two-time world all-around champion from Belarus. Paul Hamm’s name has been tossed around as a possible replacement, but there appears to be no interest on his part.
Let’s hope there’s nothing more to this story. Developing.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
I have read many of the comments/slanderous allegations posted about Jon Valdez and wonder if anyone ever considered investigating the person alleging this information? Everyday someone makes a poor decision and gets behind the wheel with an elevated blood alcohol. This is a fact of life and requires attention.
Interestingly enough the information related to the salacious video camera accusation is being reported as though it was a secretly installed “peep” camera when it was actually a hand held video camera issued by the University and used by the entire team to record routines. In addition, it wasn’t displayed in the locker room. The hand held video camera was stored in a locker within the locker room for safe keeping. Go figure, I thought this was America and you were innocent until proven guilty!