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A former women’s basketball coach admitted to having sex with one of his former players, court documents say.
According to the Associated Press, Chuck Love said in a statement last February that he and Ashley Scoggin had sex before her dismissal from the team in 2022, after initially denying it.
The former player initially filed a civil lawsuit in 2024 against Love and university officials, accusing Love and the athletic director of failing to institute safeguards, rules or training to prevent employees from having sexual relations with student-athletes.
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A lawsuit says former Nebraska coach Chuck Love admitted to having sex with former player Ashley Scoggin. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz, File; Tony Quinn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Scoggin described in her original complaint how Love took a special interest in her and that the relationship turned sexual and made her fear retaliation if she refused to participate.
A March 17 filing said “Love admitted for the first time that he had a sexual relationship” with Scoggin on February 5.
Love initially denied Scogg’s claims that he sought sexual relations with students, that he discussed inappropriate topics with her, and that he invited her out for drinks.
Nebraska associate head coach Chuck Love speaks to players from the sidelines during a game against Michigan in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Jan. 4, 2022. (Rebecca S. Gratz/AP)
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Scogg’s attorney, Maren Chaloupka, wrote that the university’s board of trustees, head coach Amy Williams and former athletic director Trev Alberts — all named as co-defendants — “endorsed his denial.” Williams and Alberts said in their joint response to the civil lawsuit that they did not have “sufficient information and belief to either admit or deny the allegations” of a sexual relationship between Scoggin and Love.
Scoggin played two seasons for the Cornhuskers. She was dismissed from the team the same day Love was suspended with pay in February 2022. Love resigned three months later. Scoggin, who is from Dallas, Ore., transferred to UNLV.
Scoggin was kicked off the Nebraska team a few days after teammates discovered her, fully clothed, in Love’s room during a road trip.
Nebraska’s Ashley Scoggin plays against Michigan in Lincoln, Nebraska on Jan. 4, 2022. (Rebecca S. Gratz/AP)
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The university said in its initial response to the lawsuit that Scoggin’s removal from the team was justified, in part, because of “dishonesty and mistrust” between Scoggin and her teammates.
