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their families goes back several years, and they repeatedly described him as a likeable and charismatic person. Edwards had a very close relationship with the families of both Rappahannock victims, and often dined at their houses and shared rides to games and practices with them and their daughters.
“Waymond was a friend of ours. He took to our family, and we thought he was a nice person and a good coach,” said the mother of one victim, testifying at Edwards sentencing. Edwards’ close relationship with the families often involved visits to their homes and sometimes situations where he was alone with some of his players.
“They would watch basketball and it would be him and lots of kids so I didn’t think too much about it. There were times when he did stay late at night,” testified the mother of one of the victims. Edwards was so well thought of by those he coached that one of his victims wasn’t initially believed by other players families when she came forward. However, the testimony of the first victim was soon corroborated by a second..
“The key thing is, my son didn’t maintain a professional relationship with the players’ families,” said Waymond James Edwards Sr, commenting after his son’s trial.
In fact, Edwards relationship to his victims was the opposite of professional.
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