Dear Impact Community:

 

We were recently made aware of allegations against a coach, and you may have heard some rumors about it. We take these reports very seriously and have taken immediate action, including,

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Actions have been taken.

• engaging an independent team to investigate the situation, 

• notifying our own governing body, GEVA/USAV/AAU, and (Report ID IR 2026-02383, IR-2026-02698 )

• reporting the allegations to the U.S. Safe Sport, which provides a centralized, secure method for reporting misconduct and provides all collected information. 

• USAV has suspended this coach's membership

• AAU has suspended this coach's membership

• Provided information on how to get counseling for all those affected by this incident. 

• Communicated with NYS Child Protective Services and adviced us to contact local law enforcement.

• NYPD Special Victims Unit has confirmed that a detective has been assigned to this incident

 

The coach in question is no longer engaged by Impact, and we will fully cooperate with any investigations into this matter. 

 

Impact athletes are important to us and we want to ensure they have resources available to help them process the complicated feelings they may have as a result of these allegations. Please contact us if you or your family needs further assistance, we have provided resources to free mental health services for those who may need it, the links are listed below.

 

You probably have a number of additional questions and, frankly, so do we. But we have shared all the information that we have at this time. It’s critical that the investigative team have an opportunity to do their important work and we will share updates as soon as we have more information to provide. 

 

Thank you for the trust you place in us to work with your children and please know we take that responsibility very seriously.

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Mental health services support

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NYC Teenspace: The NYC Teenspace program is free to anyone ages 13 to 17 living in New York City, regardless of school, income level or insurance status. NYC Teenspace - NYC Health

 

Safe Horizon: Safe Horizon operates the NYC Hotline, a 24/7, 365-day-a-year number for anyone who has experienced domestic or intimate partner violence, crime, abuse, or sexual assault. Hotline and Chat

 

For immediate, 24/7, multilingual, and multicultural support, visit or text 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

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Reporting

- If you have information related to this incident, please email us directly at impactsvb@gmail.

Or report to USAV and SafeSport

- USAV - https://fs28.formsite.com/USAVolleyball/Report-a-concern/index.html

- U.S. Center of Safesport - https://safesport.i-sight.com/portal 

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All reports are private and confidential