Scott MacFarland, Sarah Ehekircher’s Groomer-Abuser, Disappears From Website of Houston’s Magnolia Aquatic Club

by Irvin Muchnick

James Scott MacFarland, the coach whose grooming and abuse of then 17-year-old Sarah Ehekircher in the 1980s has led to a reopened investigation by the new U.S. Center for SafeSport, a meeting next week between Ehekircher and USA Swimming chief Tim Hinchey, and the interest of Colorado congresswoman Diana DeGette, has been removed from the website of the Magnolia Aquatic Club outside Houston, where he has been coaching.

Magnolia has done various rearranging and editing of MacFarland’s bio and removal of his photo in the weeks since Concussion Inc. first reported Ehekircher’s allegations on March 6. But now MacFarland appears to have no public presence at all with the team. We will seek comment from head coach Terry G. Jones, who has not responded to previous queries.

THE FULL SERIES

Sarah Ehekircher, Long-Time Coach, Tells of Her Youth Grooming and Abuse by Scott MacFarland, Her ‘Revictimization’ by USA Swimming’s 2010 Investigation, and Her Sexual Harassment by American Swimming Coaches Association Boss John Leonard

Houston Chronicle to Cover U.S. Center for SafeSport’s Reopening of USA Swimming’s Investigation of Sarah Ehekircher’s Grooming-Abuse Allegations Against Coach James Scott MacFarland