Florida assistant Taurean Green to coach despite allegations - ESPN

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida assistant coach Taurean Green will continue working the men's basketball team despite being accused of sexual assault.

Head coach Todd Golden said Green «will be with us» when the fifth-ranked Gators host Texas on Saturday. Golden, who remains the subject of a Title IX investigation himself, also ripped into a process that is supposed to be confidential.

«I would suggest people do not rush to judgment based off a headline,» Golden said Friday. «For me, I am just frustrated and disappointed that a Title IX mechanism that is created to protect both sides during a situation like this — that confidentiality and privacy continues to be abused.

»So as frustrating and as disappointing and as hard as it is to do, I am going to do what I think I need to do and continue to respect the process, as I have."

Golden's comments came one day after ESPN reported that a formal complaint was filed with the school's Title IX office accusing Green of kissing an athletic department employee and trying to put his hand down her pants in March 2024. ESPN reviewed a copy of the complaint.

The woman, who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation, pulled Green's hand away, said no and left. She told ESPN she had never been alone with Green previously and had only exchanged casual greetings with him on campus.

The woman said she did not report the alleged incident at the time in part because of Green's status. Green, who won NCAA championships as a player with the Gators in 2006 and 2007, joined the basketball staff in 2022 following a professional basketball career.

The woman told ESPN she came forward after Title IX investigators working on Golden's case asked to interview her last fall about Golden's interactions