Florida basketball assistant Taurean Green accused of sexual assault amid harassment investigation into head coach
University of Florida assistant men’s basketball coach Taurean Green has been accused of sexual assault by an athletic department official.
The employee, who asked to remain anonymous, filed a Title IX complaint against Green on Tuesday regarding an alleged incident that occurred in March 2024, according to ESPN.
DailyMail.com has contacted the University of Florida and Green for comment on the allegations.
This comes as the school continues to investigate its head men’s basketball coach, Todd Golden, over allegations of sexual exploitation, sexual harassment and stalking.
Allegations against Golden, who is in his third season coaching the Florida Gators, were made public in November and filed in late September last year.
Florida is one of the top basketball programs in the country this season and is currently ranked fifth in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.
An assistant basketball coach at the University of Florida has been accused of sexual assault
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Taurean Green, who won two national titles with Florida, has been named in a complaint
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This comes as a separate Title IX investigation is looking into Florida head coach Todd Golden
According to the complaint, as obtained by ESPN, Green arranged to meet the anonymous employee at the athletic facilities where he kissed her and tried to put his hand down her pants.
The woman then pulled his hand away and said no. Green allegedly tried again, after which the employee escaped. The employee told ESPN in an interview that she had never been alone with Green and only exchanged casual greetings with him on campus.
The employee says she did not report the incident at the time because of Green’s status.
Green was a starter on the Gators basketball team when they won back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007.
He was then selected with the 52nd overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. He played for Portland and the Denver Nuggets before embarking on a long overseas career that ended in 2021.
The employee ultimately decided to come forward after Title IX investigators working on the case against Golden asked her last fall to interview her about the head coach’s interactions with female athletes.
She told ESPN that she first reported her allegations to the school’s deputy athletic director, Amy Meyers Hass, in mid-December. Hass did not comment to ESPN when asked what action was taken after the employee reported these allegations to her, citing confidentiality.
Golden has been under investigation since a complaint was filed against him on September 27, accusing him of sexual exploitation, sexual harassment and stalking, according to ESPN.
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After winning back-to-back titles, Green played in the NBA and abroad until 2021
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Golden has been accused of stalking, sexual exploitation and sexual harassment
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Florida is one of the best basketball teams in the country, ranking fifth in the AP Top-25 poll
According to the complaint against Golden, he is accused of sending images and videos of his genitals, making unwanted sexual advances on Instagram and soliciting sexual favors.
Golden also allegedly took pictures of women walking or driving – or took pictures of their cars in various locations – and then sent those images to the subjects. He has also been accused of showing up at locations where he knew women would be there.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Nov. 9, Golden said he had participated in the investigation and consulted with a lawyer about possible defamation claims. No defamation suit has been filed.
According to ESPN (via an attorney), one of the complainants is a student at a university that has a partnership program with Florida. Another complainant is not a student at the school and says he knows Golden socially.
According to their attorney, both women gave statements to investigators.
According to Golden’s contract (via ESPN), the coach is prohibited from “engaging in romantic, amorous and/or sexual relations between a coach or other employee of the association and a student-athlete or other person subject to supervision, control and/or authority of such coach or other employee.’
The school may also take disciplinary action if the coach acts in a manner “that has an “adverse effect” or creates an “adverse reflection” on the reputation, mission and/or interests of the university or its athletics department.