Quincy Hunt has severed ties with PHC after voicing his displeasure over the manner in which he was replaced by Cecoy Robinson as head coach.

Hunt led PHC to three trophies during his two-year tenure at the helm, including winning the Premier Division title in 2023-24, and says he feels “hurt” and “disrespected” by the club after not being given any reasons for being replaced after his one-year deal expired last month.

“They can’t say why it was done and that’s all I want,” Hunt told The Royal Gazette.

“If I was a bad coach, tell me I was a bad coach or tell me this or that. Be honest with me; that’s all I want — honesty and respect.

“They did not have the decency to sit me down, talk to me and say, ‘This is where we are going, this is our direction’.

“Then to have to find out through a third person that they signed another coach is like a slap in the face and disrespect for what I have done over the last two seasons. I told them that they can’t get rid of me because of stats and trophies, so let me know why.”

Despite his success, the 49-year-old feels he was never the club’s preferred choice for the job.

“I was never PHC’s first option as a coach even from the start,” he said.

“That’s how I felt and that’s how it always went. I was never the right option, but it was just the way things panned out that I was in that position and it looked good for now because I was part of PHC.

“It looked good from the outside but the truth is they always wanted Cecoy.

“Cecoy was their golden child and they have wanted him for as long as I have been coaching. That was always their plan and I saw it and heard it for myself from different people, and eventually it happened. They just felt that I wasn’t the guy going forward.”

Contrary to ongoing speculation, the former Zebras player is adamant that he never resigned.

“I hear all these rumours and I just want people to know that I did not quit PHC and I did not step down as the coach — and that is the truth,” he said. “That was never the case and I was never offered the role or considered for the job going forward.”

The coach, who holds his Uefa B licence and is father of PHC goalkeeper Quinaceo Hunt, contends that he was officially advised by the club of their decision to replace him on the same day they issued a press release announcing his departure.

“They had a meeting with me on Monday, but I found out Cecoy had been named as the coach on the weekend,” he said.

“They met me on Monday and that’s when the press release came out to try and make it look like the situation was good, but it wasn’t good because they didn't give me any closure or a reason.

“They said they appreciated me and thanked me for my services, but that was after I told them I was upset. They said that after I had found out what they were doing instead of coming to me before the situation happened.”

Hunt said the ordeal has left a bitter taste in his mouth and he no longer wishes to be associated with his childhood club.

“The way the situation has panned out has made me bitter and now I am no longer part of PHC,” he said.

“Whatever the club does I wish them success, but I just feel that this whole situation rubbed me the wrong way.

“I feel hurt because I have been at that club since mini-minors and been through the ranks. I played under Nibs [the legendary Leroy Lewis] in his last couple of seasons, and have been with the club when we had no field and were the road team every year, so I have been through the wringer with them.

“I have been up with them and been down with them just for them to come to this situation and be like ‘check you later and whatever you did was not good enough for us’.

“I am not trying to throw anybody under the bus and I don't want any ill will towards PHC, but there is more to this and I just want to say my side of the story and how I feel.”

The Royal Gazette reached out to PHC, but the club declined to comment.