SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) – Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim will retire in three years and the university’s athletic director has resigned, the school announced Wednesday following a scathing NCAA report that imposed sanctions for violations that lasted more than a decade.
Chancellor Kent Syverud said Wednesday that Boeheim, a Hall of Famer and head coach for 39 years, decided to make the announcement to “bring certainty to the team and program in the coming years” and to allow for a smooth transition.
Athletic director Daryl Gross will take another marketing position with the school, while Pete Salas will serve as interim athletic director.
The violations involved academic misconduct, extra benefits and the university’s drug testing policy. Boeheim, 70, is already suspended for the first half of the next Atlantic Coast Conference season, a total of nine games. Syracuse will also have three scholarships taken away for four seasons and all wins vacated in which an ineligible player participated from 2004 through 2012.
The March 6 report by the NCAA Committee on Infractions found several violations, particularly with the men’s basketball program.