Mike Ballard, who beforehand served as the top coach of the Northland United Swim Group in Parkville, Mo., has been suspended by USA Swimming and the U.S. Heart for SafeSport for sexual harassment.

He’s listed with the next misconduct: “Inappropriate Conduct; Sexual Harassment; Violated NGB insurance policies/bylaws” (Topic to attraction/not but closing). He additionally has “Schooling, Probation, No Contact Directive(s)” sanctions in his SafeSport itemizing.

The suspension was issued on September 8, 2026, and can run by way of September 8, 2027.

Ballard labored as the top coach of Northland United from no less than 2014 till as just lately as 2025.

He’s listed because the staff’s coach in a December 2024 meet doc, however within the membership’s Particular Board Assembly in March 2025, the difficulty of an investigation into Ballard was introduced up, based on the assembly minutes.

On the time, it was communicated that CPS (Youngster Protecting Providers) had accomplished its investigation with no findings, whereas each the college district and SafeSport investigations had been nonetheless ongoing. There was no further data on the specifics of the investigation.

NLU confirmed to FOX4 Kansas Metropolis that they opened an investigation into Ballard whereas he was employed with the membership.

“NLU cooperated with the investigators with SafeSport in addition to the Youngsters’s Division of the Missouri Division of Household Providers,” the group stated in an announcement to FOX4.

“Shortly after studying of the investigations, NLU suspended Mr. Ballard, who later separated from the NLU swim program. NLU appreciates that motion taken by the U.S. Heart for SafeSport which is designed to offer younger athletes with secure environments to be taught and hone their crafts.”

Previous to Northland United, Ballard labored as a coach on the now-inactive Coronary heart of America Swim Membership in Marshall, Mo.