San Jose State University said women's volleyball associate head coach Melissa Batie-Smoose is "not with the team at this time" for undisclosed reasons. It is unclear if Batie-Smoose's absence is related to the ongoing controversy surrounding the program, after it was reported that one team’s players is transgender.

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San Jose State University (SJSU) suspended a volleyball coach Saturday for speaking out against a transgender athlete on the school’s volleyball team, Outkick reported.




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The Spartans won two matches this weekend, but the turmoil around the team continued.

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Batie-Smoose, who has been coaching the Spartans since 2023, came to the university with more than 20 years of coaching experience, per SJSU's website. Prior to her tenure with the Spartans she coached at Fairfield University and got her start in Division 1 coaching at Holy Cross and Cornell universities.



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San Jose State University suspends member of women's volleyball coaching staff

As OutKick exclusively reported on Saturday, San Jose State suspended associate head volleyball coach Melissa Batie-Smoose just 90 minutes prior to the team's match against New Mexico. Following the match, team captain Brooke Slusser posted on X and said the school took away the team's only "safe space" by suspending Batie-Smoose.While Slusser said the school fired Batie-Smoose, that's not accurate. They suspended her indefinitely. That being sa…

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The university said it made the decision to suspend the assistant coach indefinitely after reveiwing the “breaches of student and employee privacy.”

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San Jose State asst coach suspended after speaking out against biological male playing on women’s volleyball team

They play on the same team, but they couldn’t be further apart.One member of the women’s volleyball team at San Jose State University has signed on to being part of a federal lawsuit against the NCAA challenging the presence of transgender athletes in women’s college sports. The specific person she cites? One of her own teammates.The situation swirling around the SJSU team—which has gotten increasingly chaotic in recent weeks, with several teams…

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San Jose State women’s volleyball team dispute over transgender athletes reignites ‘fairness’ debate

Two of the five schools which chose to cancel and forfeit their women’s volleyball matches rather than compete against biological male player Blaire Fleming have […]
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NEW YORK — They play on the same team, but they couldn’t be further apart. One member of the women’s volleyball team at San Jose State University has signed on to being part of a federal lawsuit against the NCAA challenging the presence of transgender athletes in women’s college sports. The specific person she cites? One of her own teammates. The situation swirling around the SJSU team — which has gotten increasingly chaotic in recent weeks, wit…

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San Jose State Volleyball Team Controversy Sparks Debate on Fairness in Women's Sports

Melissa Batie-Smoose filed a lawsuit against the school, alleging favoritism towards the male player on the female volleyball team.

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