Yale student athlete comes forward to allege 'toxic culture' under athletic director Victoria Chun

EXCLUSIVE: A Yale women's way and field jock said she precocious discontinue nan squad because of a "toxic culture and incompetent coaching staff," arsenic dissent wrong nan university's diversion section has leaked complete nan past week. 

The athlete, who asked to stay anonymous, sent an unsolicited email pinch these claims to Fox News Digital from an charismatic Yale student email account, and Fox News Digital verified she antecedently competed connected nan university's women's track and field team.

"I precocious discontinue owed to a toxic culture and incompetent coaching unit who were only precocious hired by Vicky Chun during a forced turnover successful activity of nan team," portion of nan email read. 

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A Yale Bulldogs emblem waves successful nan upwind during nan Ivy League Tournament title assemblage lacrosse crippled betwixt nan Pennsylvania Quakers and nan Yale Bulldogs connected May 8, 2022, astatine Stevenson-Pincince Field successful Providence, RI. (Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The jock later gave Fox News Digital support to people nan email. 

She is nan latest fig connected to Yale Athletics to travel guardant pinch alleged specifications of a antagonistic acquisition nether diversion head Victoria Chun's leadership. 

A missive signed by erstwhile Yale lucky coach Keith Allain addressed to Yale President Maurine McInnis, alleged that existent Yale Athletic Director Victoria Chun has created a "toxic environment" for nan university's sports teams. 

Fox News Digital published nan missive past Monday aft confirming pinch Allain that he sent nan missive to McInnis via email successful October, soon aft his retirement. 

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

The missive later wrote, "Vicky’s singular talent is aforesaid promotion and has created a toxic situation wrong nan section wherever she is insulated by a cadre of administrators whose main task seems to beryllium silencing immoderate dissent," nan missive continued."

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Last Tuesday, Fox News Digital reported connected emails that show a erstwhile Yale University administrator telling a lawyer of erstwhile Yale spot and conditioning coach Thomas Newman that he was recorded during a meeting. 

"A erstwhile worker recorded a information of a gathering pinch your client, without nan university's knowledge," sounds portion of an email sent to Newman's attorney, Alan Granovsky, from a Yale lawman wide counsel, who now nary longer useful astatine nan university.

The counsel's email was sent successful consequence to an Aug. 13, 2025, missive pinch nan taxable statement "Ongoing Reputational Harm and Misstatements Regarding Thomas Newman."

The counsel's email besides included nan lines, "The assemblage has not made immoderate defamatory statements to anyone regarding your client," and "The assemblage did not disclose immoderate aesculapian accusation inappropriately, nan assemblage has not said that your customer near nan assemblage involuntarily aliases is taxable to an investigation."

Newman's attorneys astatine Granovsky & Sundaresh Employment rule sent aggregate emails to Yale regarding nan rumor and Newman's eventual departure from nan assemblage successful 2021, which were provided by a root to Fox News Digital. Newman has confirmed to Fox News Digital that nan emails were exchanged betwixt his lawyer and nan assemblage administrator. 

Meanwhile, Kim Jones, nan mother of 3 erstwhile Yale swimmers – 2 women's and 1 men's – and laminitis of nan Indepedent Council connected Women's Sports (ICONS), alleged nan diversion section "terrorized" female swimmers and "emasculated" nan antheral swimmers, arsenic some groups were made to compete pinch trans athletes of nan other activity nether Chun's leadership. 

Chun, a erstwhile volleyball subordinate and later caput coach for Colgate University, took complete arsenic Yale Athletic Director successful 2018 aft serving successful nan aforesaid position astatine Colgate from 2012-18.

In an interview earlier successful March pinch nan Yale Alumni Association, Chun admitted to making a correction that made her outcry successful her first twelvemonth arsenic Yale AD.

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Over 54,000 capable nan Yale Bowl for nan 2nd half of nan 141st plays of "The Game" betwixt nan Yale Bulldogs and nan Harvard Crimson connected November 22, 2025 successful New Haven, Connecticut.  (Sean D. Elliot/Getty Images)

"I was talking to nan shot alums, you know, there's this awesome helmet that I had astatine my erstwhile institution. And I thought if Colgate tin spend it, we decidedly tin spend it. So I announced, we are getting these coolest, custom-made Riddell Helmets. So past my lawman comes to maine and says ‘What are you thinking? Do you cognize really overmuch these helmets cost?' And I said, ‘Yeah, we had them astatine Colgate.’ She goes, 'Yeah, for illustration six aliases 7 of them," Chun said successful nan interview. 

"And I did cry. Because I thought, ‘Wow, this is going to beryllium nan shortest-lived diversion director,’ and, you know, present I am!"

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Yale for remark but has not received a response. 

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