10/11/19
by News Department on 10/11/19Wittig Banned...
The president of the Tamaqua Area school board has been permanently banned from U.S. Olympic sports because of sexual misconduct involving a minor.
According to the Republican Herald, the allegations against Larry Wittig are from the early 1980s when he was a rowing coach on the collegiate level. He also coached Olympic crew teams.
It wasn’t until 2017 that several women told the Philadelphia Inquirer that Wittig sought sexual relationships when they were teenagers and athletes at a club where Wittig was a member. At the time, Wittig was married and in his early 30s.
According to information from the center, the ruling to make Wittig “permanently ineligible” was made Sept. 27.
