Ex-Nebraska coach admits sexual relationship with player, records show

April 28, 2026

A former assistant women’s basketball coach at Nebraska admitted in a pretrial deposition he had a sexual relationship with a former Nebraska player who later sued the coach and the university in February 2024, according to recent court documents obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

The nature of the relationship between the former Nebraska player — Ashley Scoggin — and the former assistant coach — Chuck Love — remains central to Scoggin’s ongoing federal lawsuit against him and the university. Scoggin also recently expanded her case by suing two other Nebraska officials in February 2026, four years after she said in court documents she was groomed to have a sexual relationship with Love and then kicked off the team when their relationship was uncovered at a team hotel in 2022.

“At his February 5, 2026 deposition, Love for the first time admitted that he had a sexual relationship with Ashley,” said a document filed by Scoggin’s attorney in March.

Love previously denied the allegations in a document filed with the court in April 2024. But when put under oath in a deposition for the case, he admitted to having sexual contact with Scoggin, according to the filing by Scoggin’s attorney, Maren Chaloupka. USA TODAY