Former Yale hockey coach alleges 'toxic environment' under athletic director Victoria Chun, letter shows

EXCLUSIVE: A missive signed by erstwhile longtime Yale crystal hockey manager Keith Allain, addressed to Yale President Maurine McInnis, alleged that existent Yale Athletic Director Victoria Chun has created a "toxic environment" for the university's sports teams. 

In the letter, Allain claimed different Yale coaches urged him to talk retired against Chun to McInnis aft his retirement. 

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Yale Coach Keith Allain connected seat during crippled vs Cornell astatine Boardwalk Hall. Atlantic City, NJ 3/19/2011 (Lou Capozzola /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)

"My sanction is Keith Allain, I person conscionable retired aft 19 years arsenic Mens Hockey Coach and I americium penning to you astatine the urging of respective caput coaches successful our Athletic Department. They told maine that you were soliciting feedback from a fewer coaches regarding extending the declaration of our diversion director, and are concerned, that with the civilization of fearfulness that permeates the diversion department, you volition not person candid feedback," the missive began. 

Allain went connected to telephone Chun the "worst leader" helium has ever been astir and alleges she has prioritized "silencing immoderate dissent."

"As a Yale alum and idiosyncratic who has a large affection for our University and the relation of athletics wrong the greater Yale assemblage I felt compelled constitute you arsenic my erstwhile colleagues asked. Vicky Chun is the implicit worst person I person ever been astir successful my life. She is dishonest, aforesaid centered and inaccessible. Vicky’s singular endowment is aforesaid promotion and has created a toxic situation wrong the section wherever she is insulated by a cadre of administrators whose main task seems to beryllium silencing immoderate dissent," the missive continued. 

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Coach Keith Allain of the Yale Bulldogs stands down the seat during a crippled against the Boston University Terriers during NCAA hockey astatine Agganis Arena connected December 13, 2016, successful Boston, Massachusetts. The Terriers won 5-2.  (Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images)

"I cognize this appraisal seems harsh and I americium consenting to supply item if you were funny successful learning much astir my acquisition and however Vicky’s deficiency of enactment impact my program. As a constituent of reference, our teams grounds earlier Vicky was 220 wins-144 losses-39 ties, with Vicky 62 wins-110 losses-15 ties. Responsibility for that grounds is mine, but we each cognize organizational enactment oregon deficiency of it has an impact."

A root provided the missive to Fox News Digital. Allain aboriginal confirmed to Fox News Digital that helium wrote the missive and sent it to McInnis successful October, soon aft helium retired aft 19 years starring Yale hockey. Allain declined further comment. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Yale president's bureau and diversion section for a response.

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Head manager Keith Allain of USA during signifier earlier the 2011 IIHF World U20 Championship Group A crippled betwixt USA and Finland connected December 26, 2010 astatine HSBC Arena successful Buffalo, New York.  (Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)

Allain, who played crystal hockey astatine Yale from 1976-80, took implicit arsenic caput manager successful 2006, starring the programme to the NCAA title successful 2013 and 7 Ivy League championships during his tenure. He finished his tenure with a grounds of 282–254–54. 

Chun, a erstwhile volleyball subordinate and aboriginal caput manager for Colgate University, took implicit arsenic Yale Athletic Director successful 2018 aft serving successful the aforesaid presumption astatine Colgate from 2012-18.

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