Former Nebraska women’s basketball assistant Chuck Love admits to sexual relationship with former player

Former Nebraska women’s basketball associate head coach Chuck Love Jr. admitted to having a sexual relationship with former player Ashley Scoggin. That’s according to a March court filing by Scoggin’s attorney, Maren Chaloupka, recounting Love’s deposition from early February.

Love denied the relationship prior to deposition.

Scoggin is suing Love, current head coach Amy Williams, the Board of Regents and former athletic director Trev Alberts in Lincoln District Court. The original complaint filed in 2024 alleges Love groomed her and that the university mishandled the situation, which occurred during the 2021-22 season.

In an objection to an order by Magistrate Judge Ryan C. Carson, Chaloupka said, “[F]rom the date of the events at issue in this case through February 4, 2026, Love denied having a sexual relationship with Ashley, and BRUN (Board of Regents), Williams and Alberts endorsed his denial. The university has said in court filings that it didn’t have enough information to admit or deny the relationship took place.

“At his Feb. 5, 2026 deposition, Love for the first time admitted that he had a sexual relationship with Ashley," Chaloupka wrote.

In its response to the original complaint, UNL said it didn’t have firsthand knowledge of whether a sexual relationship occurred or not.

In a 2022 road trip to Penn State, a practice squad player posed as Love to get his hotel room key from the front desk, according to Scoggin’s original complaint. The practice player and some of Scoggin’s teammates then went into Love’s room and recorded a video of Scoggin, fully clothed, in the hotel room and showed the video to Willams.

Love was later suspended, with pay, by the athletic department in February 2022. It was announced on the same day that Scoggin was removed from the roster. Months later, Love resigned from his role as associate head coach and assistant coach. Scoggin, who grew up in Dallas, Oregon, transferred to UNLV for the 2022-23 season.

Under Title IX, Scoggin’s case argues the university should have known about the relationship and protected her. In past court filings, the university says Scoggin violated university policy and was dishonest with teammates, leading to her removal from the roster. UNL claims it acted in good faith and gave Scoggin information on how to report inappropriate behavior.

Currently, the parties are in a discovery dispute, according to court records, with no trial date on the docket.