Cricket director Martyn Moxon, head coach Andrew Gale and all members of the coaching staff are among 16 who have left Yorkshire amid the racism scandal.
A report found former footballer Azeem Rafiq was the victim of “racial harassment and bullying” in Yorkshire.
Moxon has served as Yorkshire’s cricket director since 2007.
Former captain Gale used to suspended as part of an investigation into a tweet he sent in 2010.
Lord Patel, the club’s new chairman, said: “Significant change is needed at Yorkshire County Cricket Club and we are committed to taking whatever action is necessary to regain confidence.
“The decisions announced today are difficult to take, but in the best interest of the club.
“Without making significant changes to the way we operate, we cannot move from the past into a progressive and inclusive culture.”
Moxon, a former Yorkshire and England player, was due to appear before MPs at the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) selection committee on November 16 but was absent. face for “stress-related illness”.
Rafiq, who played for Yorkshire in two matches between 2008 and 2018, told the committee that racist language was “constantly” used during his time at the club and described cricket English is “institutional racism”.
At the hearing, Rafiq said that the day after his son was still born in 2017, Moxon “tore apart” him in a way he had never seen Moxon use when speaking to anyone else at Yorkshire.
Rafiq detailed his experiences in Yorkshire, where he nearly took his own life, for the first time in September 2020. After The report’s findings have been published a year later, Yorkshire initially said No one at the club will be disciplined.
Roger Hutton, the former Yorkshire chairman who resigned last month, said Moxon and former chief executive Mark Arthur “didn’t accept the gravity of the situation”. So is Arthur resigned last month.
A Yorkshire statement said a new director of cricket would be appointed “imminent”.
Gale spent his entire career at Yorkshire, first as a player after making his debut in 2004, then as captain from 2009 to 2016 before ending his playing career at the age of 32. to take on the role of head coach.
Speaking at the DCMS committee hearing, Rafiq said Yorkshire became “poisonous” after Gary Ballance took over as captain, shortly after Gale replaced previous coach Jason Gillespie.
He said Gale’s attitude towards Rafiq’s son Rafiq’s death was that Rafiq was “making him more than he was”, and that “rarely anyone” asked after his and his wife’s deaths.
Gale was suspended by Yorkshire on 9 November after the Jewish News reported he had sent a now-deleted tweet containing anti-Semitic slurs to former Leeds United communications director Paul Dews .
“We want to make the Yorkshire County Cricket Club a place for everyone, from all backgrounds,” says Patel.
“To do this we need to rebuild our culture and spread positive values to everyone associated with Yorkshire. We are determined to learn from our past mistakes to become a better leader. into a club that people can trust.”
In response to Yorkshire’s handling of Rafiq’s claims, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) suspend them from hosting England matches at their Headingley home.
Former Yorkshire academy player Irfan Amjad and Tabassum Bhatti also shared their experience of racism at the club.
Thirty-six people contacted Yorkshire’s independent whistleblower hotline – set up to allow any other victims of discrimination at the club to contact – in its first week of operation.
On Thursday, Yorkshire was confirmed to undergo an independent review of the club’s governance.
ECB has announced a five-point plan designed to address racism and discrimination, including a “full assessment of locker room culture”.
