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Assistant UMKC basketball coach in stripper scandal resigns

FILE - In this March 1, 2009, file photo, then-Louisville's Andre McGee pretends to have trouble hearing the cheers of fans after scoring during the second half of their NCAA college basketball game against Marquette in Louisville, Ky. Escort Katina Powell says she has no proof that Louisville coach Rick Pitino knew that a former Cardinals staffer hired her and other dancers to strip and have sex with former recruits and players. But Powell said Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that with “a boatload” of recruits and dancers, “loud music, alcohol, security, cameras” in a campus dormitory and others aware of the shows, “how could he not know?” In her first interview since the release of her book earlier this month, "Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen," Powell says that the coach had to be aware of some of 22 shows she alleges that former staffer Andre McGee paid and took place in the players’ Billy Minardi Hall campus dormitory from 2010-14. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File) FILE - In this March 1, 2009, file photo, then-Louisville's Andre McGee pretends to have trouble hearing the cheers of fans after scoring during the second half of their NCAA college basketball game against Marquette in Louisville, Ky. Escort Katina Powell says she has no proof that Louisville coach Rick Pitino knew that a former Cardinals staffer hired her and other dancers to strip and have sex with former recruits and players. But Powell said Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that with “a boatload” of recruits and dancers, “loud music, alcohol, security, cameras” in a campus dormitory and others aware of the shows, “how could he not know?” In her first interview since the release of her book earlier this month, "Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen," Powell says that the coach had to be aware of some of 22 shows she alleges that former staffer Andre McGee paid and took place in the players’ Billy Minardi Hall campus dormitory from 2010-14. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)

By Associated Press October 23, 2015 1 min read

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – An assistant University of Missouri-Kansas City basketball coach has resigned, saying he can’t do his job while battling what he called “false allegations” that he hired dancers to strip and have sex with recruits while he was a coach at Louisville.

UMKC announced Andre McGee’s resignation Friday. He had been on paid administrative leave since Oct. 2, when the allegations surfaced.

Escort Katrina Powell has told ESPN that McGee paid $10,000 for 22 shows that took place in a Louisville dormitory from 2010 to 2014. Louisville coach Rick Pitino has denied any knowledge of such parties and said he will not resign.

McGee played at Louisville before becoming a graduate assistant coach and director of men’s basketball operations. He left the university last year to become an assistant at UMKC.