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\nThree weeks after a second embarrassing scandal rocked the University of Louisville basketball program, Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino has been formally fired.<\/p>\n
\nThree weeks after a second embarrassing scandal rocked the University of Louisville basketball program, Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino has been formally fired.<\/p>\n
Led by UofL Interim President Dr. Greg Postel, the school’s athletic association made the decision in a private meeting Monday (10\/16). Postel announced at around 2:45 pm that Pitino was fired for cause. The scandal was the second in two years, a Louisville woman’s tell-all memoir detailed a sex-for-cash scheme involving strippers and UofL players and recruits in 2015 and brought embarrassment for the third time in Pitino’s 16 years at the school. In 2010, a woman named Karen Sypher was convicted of extortion following her efforts to force Pitino to pay her money to keep quiet about a one-night stand they had at a Louisville restaurant in 2003. Sypher just left prison over the summer.<\/p>\n
Pitino was placed on unpaid leave last month following the FBI’s announcement of a massive investigation into bribery and corruption allegations at several prominent college basketball programs. <\/p>\n
Former UofL player and assistant coach David Padgett is currently the acting coach of a Cards team that begins its regular season in less than a month. Padgett will be only the third UofL coach since 1971. Padgett’s contract was formally approved at Monday’s meeting. He’ll earn a base salary of $400,000, with bonuses taking the one-year deal up to the $1 million range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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