Four years ago this month, Chris Burns beme the first ach NCAA Divisn 1 men’s basketball to e out as gay an exclive say on Outsports.
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- HOW THIS MEN’S LLEGE BASKETBALL ACH TOLD HIS NEW TEAM HE WAS GAY
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- MATT LYNCH IS FIRST OUT GAY HEAD ACH MEN’S LLEGE BASKETBALL
HOW THIS MEN’S LLEGE BASKETBALL ACH TOLD HIS NEW TEAM HE WAS GAY
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay men's basketball coaches *
“Havg to ‘e out’ n sometim be a daily occurrence, ” said Lynch, who had been publicly out as a gay basketball ach sce April 2020. I uld jt wa and let them fd out on their own, but beg gay and sports, bed wh my own personaly, sometim n take a while to get the pot across. Lynch uld not assume his players knew that their new assistant ach at Chowan Universy North Carola was gay.
And wh that Lynch, 30, began his new job as assistant ach at Divisn II Chowan and head ach of the velopment team, makg him the only publicly out gay men’s basketball ach the NCAA (Layne Ingram, who is transgenr, starts his third season as ach of the Lansg Communy College women’s team Michigan).
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
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MATT LYNCH IS FIRST OUT GAY HEAD ACH MEN’S LLEGE BASKETBALL
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When Lynch told him he was gay at a Carola Ale Hoe 2019, Burke nonchalantly told him that nothg would shake their iendship. Turner ed a ntroversy the 2019 NCAA tournament by g “queen” towards an opponent, a ment that was sexist and homophobic and sparked a backlash. “I remember I was startg to qutn if I uld actually fd a job as an out gay male wh llege basketball.