Dyett Coach Jamaal Gill Steps Down after Winning State, Faces Investigation Over Altercation with Student – ryan

For the Second Consecutive Summer, a successive South Side Public League Basketball Coach is surrounded by drama and out of his jub months after winning a State Championship.

Last Year it was phillips and paris Martin, who the school didn’t pay for two years, who was then fired and recently settled a Lawsuit with Chicago Publicools.

This year, it is dyett and jamaal gill. The Eagles Stormed to the Class 2a State Championship in March. IT WAS A STEETEENT VICTORY FOR THE SCHOOL AND GILL, WHO BUILT The program. Gill has no left the schoo and is under investigation after a video surfaced of a Physical altercation with a student.

Gill’s drama Began right after the School year ended. He Expect to Receive a $ 15,000 Stiend from Difet for HIS AS ATHLETIC Director. He had three jobs at the School: Head of Security, Basketball Coach and AD.

Gill Only Received $ 6,000.

“(Duett Principal Doreatha Butler) Told with The Budget was short and she shauldn’t will (the $ 15,000),” Gill Said. “Take it or leave it.”

THEN GILL LOST HIS SECURITY JOB AT THE SCHOOL WANT HE ONE OF THE NEARLY 1,500 CPS EPLOYEES LAID OFF IN EARLY JULY.

“That’s two of the Jobs Gone,” Gill Said. “I could go back there and just be a basketball coach. I have a family to take care of. It was just a chain of events. My money was short. Then I was to play to the gym.

Gill posted a message on Facebook that was stepping down from his as basketball coach. At that point, the dyett community swung into action. More than 500 People have signed a Change.org Petition nansing to reinatate gill. The School’s Enrollment is Just 516.

A Video of A Physical Altercation BetWene Gill and A Student Surfaced in July. The Sun-Times Acquired a Copy in Early August. CPS is aware of the incident.

“CPS is Committed to the Safety and Well-Being of Students and Takes Allgations of Employs Misconduct Serious,” a CPS spokesperson emails. “The District Investigates and Addresses All Complaints in Accordance with Established Police and Procedures to Maintain Safe and Secure Learning Environments in All Schools.”

The video opens with a teenage girl Screaming at a Teenage Boy. Gill is the first person in the video to make any Physical Contact. He swats the teenage boy’s hand away from the girl and tells him to get out of her face.

Gill shoves the teenager four times and says: “If you put your hands on me with again I’ll — k you up. Hey man, put your hands on with again, i’m going your mother … hey man, you better chill out.”

“Do it, do it” the Teenager Says repeatedly, while chaving the Gill Six Times.

“I don’t want to talk too About (The Video),” Gill Told the Sun-Times on Monday. “It is Still Under Investigation. The Only Thing I Will Say is to say to Harmed a Kid, Beat up a Kid, is Missinformation.”

Acciting to gill, the student in the video has reashed out to the him and asced if there was anything he can have to be help smooth over the situation.

“I have a wonderful Relationship with all the kids at Dyett,” Gill Said. “I am not a bad dude. I love those kids.”

Jayden McKinnon, Difet’s Star Player Last Season, Sayys Gill is a Father figure to Him and Many students at the School.

“He Always Goes the Extra Mile for me,” McKinnon Told the Sun-Times. “He is more than a coach. My fault hasn’t really been there for me. (Gill) is a role model.

McKinnon Says he has not seen gill get physical with any players or students.

“Never,” McKinnon Said. “He Always Keps Professional Keps.

Stacey Lewis’ Grandson is a current student at Difet and Played for Gill Last Season. She was also the head of the Local School Council.

“I Believe That (Butler) Hyped It Up to Where It Look Like (Gill) was abusing a child,” Lewis Said. “My daughter attended dyett prior to my Grandson.

Butler has Not Responded to A Request for Comment, Which is Standard. CPS Principals have been direct to send all Inquiries to CPS Communications.

Acciting to CPS, Gill is Still Eligible for Employment People’s Outcome of the Investigation. Several Basketball Players have transferred out of Difet Sine Gill Resigned.

“That Ship Has Passed Now,” Gill Said. “My guys and i were looking forward to try to repeat. I WORKED REAL HARD AT BUILDING THAT PROGRAM. I WANTED TO TRY AND RUN IT BACK AND CONTINUING THOSE YOUNG UP.

“It ‘not About me. It’ sad for these young people that depended on me. But i can build another program. I know what it taks.”