Three Hinsdale Central High School girls basketball coaches resigned Monday resulting in a postponement of the team’s game Tuesday against Proviso West.
The team’s head coach, Erin Navolio, and two assistant coaches left suddenly, without commenting on the matter.
Navolio, who played for the Hinsdale Central Red Devils girls basketball team, came back to the school as an assistant coach in 2012, while also working as a first grade teacher at Saint Francis Xavier, a private school in La Grange; Navolio was promoted to head coach in 2022.
Navolio could not be reached for comment Thursday.
In a statement released by the school district, Hinsdale Central athletic director Mike Jezioro will assume the role as coach of the girls team until an interim or permanent replacement can be found.
“We want to thank the Red Devil community for its patience as we navigate this situation, and for its continued help in supporting the growth, development and success of our student-athletes,” the school district’s statement said.
The resignations are the second basketball-related controversy faced by High School District 86, coming only one week after the reinstatement of a former all-conference player for Hinsdale South’s boys basketball team.
Mother of the player, Erin Savage, a resident of Darien, filed a lawsuit against the school district for alleged retaliation against her son by the former head coach of the Hinsdale South varsity basketball team, Michael Moretti.
Moretti was demoted after Hinsdale South officials investigated reports of “verbal abuse, bullying (and) humiliation.”