Arizona head coach Sean Miller issued his first statement since his assistant coach Emanuel “Book” Richardson was charged last week for his involvement in a corruption scandal. Miller said the following:

“I was devastated to learn last week of the allegations made against Emanuel Richardson. I have expressed to both Dr. Robbins and our Athletic Director Dave Heeke that I fully support the University’s efforts to fully investigate these allegations. As the head basketball coach at the University of Arizona, I recognize my responsibility is not only to establish a culture of success on the basketball court and in the classroom, but as important, to promote and reinforce a culture of compliance. To the best of my ability, I have worked to demonstrate this over the past 8 years and will continue to do so as we move forward.”

The University of Arizona has initiated steps to fire Richardson, and will begin an independent investigation into the matter as well.