Somewhere Rene Portland is laughing her tail off.
“Maureen Theresa “Rene” Muth Portland (born c. 1952) is an American former head women’s college basketball coach known for her 27-year tenure with the Penn State Lady Lions basketball team. Her career resume includes 21 NCAA tournament appearances including a Final Four appearance in 2000, five Big Ten Conference championships and two conference tournament titles. Portland is one of few women’s basketball coaches to have won 600 or more games at a single school, with a career record of 606–236 at Penn State. She is accused of discriminating against homosexual players of the Penn State women’s basketball team.”
“Portland forbade lesbian activity among athletes in her program, as she explained in a newspaper article:
One of the first things Penn State coach Rene Portland brings up during a recruiting visit with a prospective player and her parents is lesbian activity. “I will not have it in my program,” Portland said. “I bring it up and the kids are so relieved and the parents are so relieved. But they would probably go without asking the question otherwise, which is really dumb.”
— The Chicago Sun-Times, June 16, 1986[6]
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“In 2006, former player Jennifer Harris accused Portland of removing her from the team because of her perceived sexual orientation. Harris filed a federal lawsuit against Portland, athletic director Tim Curley, and the university. An internal university review found that Portland created a “hostile, intimidating, and offensive environment” based on Harris’s perceived sexual orientation. Portland was fined $10,000, required to attend diversity training sessions, and placed on “zero tolerance” for future violations of the nondiscrimination policy.”
“On March 22, 2007, Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics announced Portland’s resignation, effective immediately”
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene_Portland