Pat Chambers resigned as Penn States basketball coach Wednesday following an internal investigation by the school into allegations of unsuitable conduct.
Chambers, 49, had actually been at Penn State for 9 years and was coming off the teams best season under his directions.
Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour said during a press conference that she would not reveal information of the schools investigation, but did say NCAA matters were not part of the examination.
The investigation followed July story by ESPNs “The Undefeated” that priced estimate a former Penn State gamer saying Chambers made an insensitive remark to him, referencing a noose during the 2018-19 season.
” As challenging as this news might be, both President (Eric) Barron and I believe this is the best result,” Barbour said.
Assistant coach Jim Ferry rose to interim coach for the coming season. The start of the NCAA basketball season is slated for Nov. 25. Ferry has actually previously been head coach at Long Island University-Brooklyn and Duquesne.
Chambers was in the middle of a four-year agreement with Penn State that goes through 2021-22 season. He was 148-150 with Penn State, consisting of an NIT champion in 2018.
In a statement to the online sports network Stadium, Chambers stated: “This has actually been an extremely challenging year for me and my family, and we need a break to re-set and chart our course forward.”
Since of the pandemic, Penn State ended up 21-10 last season and was likely to make an NCAA Tournament berth for the very first time given that 2011 before the postseason was canceled.
” Coach Chambers has made many contributions to the program and to this university for which we are grateful,” Barbour stated. “The team has been on a positive trajectory.”
Barbour said the gamers were “very disappointed” to learn about Chambers departure. Chambers provided the news.
” Our present gamers, a lot of them have great relationships with him,” Barbour stated.
Earlier this year, former Penn State player Rasir Bolton, now at Iowa State, made allegations of inappropriate conduct by Chambers to ESPNs “The Undefeated.”
Bolton stated that throughout an especially difficult stretch for the team in January 2019, Chambers told him: “I desire to loosen the noose thats around your neck.”
Chambers asked forgiveness to Bolton for the remark.
Barbour said a brand-new allegations emerged shortly after a review and the story was performed jointly by Penn States Affirmative Action and Athletics Integrity offices.
She said the final report was gotten within the last 2 weeks.
