(LOUISVILLE, KY) Louisville coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich were placed on leave amid a federal bribery investigation.
Both had brief face-to-face meetings with interim president Gregory Postel, and Pitino’s attorney called the move a firing, and says the coach will be unpaid on terms of what the school says was an “effective discharge.” Jurich was placed on paid administrative leave until a university Board of Trustees meeting scheduled for Oct. 16, where it is likely he will be fired.
The move came one day after an FBI probe alleging coaches, agents and financial advisers linked to several different universities bribed collegiate basketball players. Louisville announced Tuesday it was informed the university was a focal point of the investigation.
The 65-year-old Pitino was not named in the indictment. He and Louisville are still amidst appealing NCAA sanctions handed out in June following an escort scandal from nearly two years ago, which could cost the school its 2013 national title.
Pitino was 416-143 in 16 seasons with the Cardinals.
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