George Barber has been banned by the US Center for SafeSport. He is permanently ineligible for USATF membership.
This means that he cannot coach or compete at USATF sanctioned events.
This is still subject to appeal, he can go through arbitration. But since there was already a criminal conviction, the only way he would be able to get out of this is if there was some sort of technicality, the events that occurred are not in dispute.
For those not familiar with his background, George is a registered sex offender. He was convicted in 2007 in the state of New Mexico on two counts of criminal sexual penetration by a school employee.
We can reasonably assume he was banned over the 2005 incident (conviction in 2007) because the ruling from the Center says criminal disposition, and I am not aware of any other criminal issues involving him.
You can read a little about it here, and if you google there are more articles: https://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/apsexcharges01-06-07.htm
George was banned by Athletics Canada in 2015: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/george-barber-ban-1.3336064
I don’t think this should come as a big surprise to anyone (unless you were unaware of his past).
To my knowledge he has not coached with a USATF-affiliated club since he got out of jail. I think we have had background checks since then and obviously he would not have passed.
