Overview
- Fox News Digital published the letter after obtaining it from a source, and Keith Allain confirmed he wrote it; the reports said Yale had not provided a public response.
- The letter says Allain wrote to President Maurie McInnis in October after retiring, at the urging of several head coaches who feared a culture of fear would mute frank feedback on a possible contract extension.
- Allain called Chun “the absolute worst leader” he has worked with and accused her of promoting self-interest and using administrators to “silence any dissent.”
- Allain led Yale men’s hockey for 19 seasons, winning the 2013 NCAA title and seven Ivy League championships, and he contrasted stronger results before Chun’s 2018 arrival with weaker records afterward in his note.
- Chun has directed Yale athletics since 2018 after serving at Colgate, and College Hockey News reports her contract runs through June as Yale conducts a search for its next men’s hockey head coach.