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20 August 2026

This Coach Is Banned From Working With Kids. Why Is He Still Coaching?

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This Coach Is Banned From Working With Kids. Why Is He Still Coaching?

In an altered image from a video montage Ryan Richardson posted to Instagram in June, the coach works with a young athlete. Collage by Lisa Larson-Walker/ProPublica. Left: via Instagram. Right: Sarah Blesener for ProPublica. The first time Ryan Richardson was suspended from coaching volleyball, in early 2024, he gathered the parents of his teenage players in the back room of his gym in the border city of Pharr, Texas.

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