I don't know the details of the former coach's contract, but mine is pretty clear and common: "knew or should have known". Nothing more, nothing less. As a Manager/Director, it is my job to know if one of my team members is being abused, and, I surmise that my employer would find me particularly culpable if there were "significant opportunities to find out".
Now, we are just a bunch of old guys flailing at each other in a dusty corner of the internet, but it's a bad look to be playing the "Joe didn't know" card.
