OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Preston Murphy, the Creighton assistant basketball coach who was on paid administrative leave since being named in an FBI investigation into college basketball, has resigned. A statement from Creighton said Murphy would be pursuing other opportunities in basketball. Murphy’s name had come up last spring in the federal trial of aspiring
Report directly links Gottfried to impermissible payments
More fall out from the college basketball pay-for play scandal today, as a new report from ESPN has been released in which Cal State Northridge head coach Mark Gottfried has been directly linked to payments to players. According to the report, Gottfried, the former head coach at NC State, gave assistant coach Orlando Early envelopes
Creighton’s Murphy placed on Administrative Leave
Creighton assistant men’s basketball Preston Murphy has been placed on administrative leave by the university. The suspension follows a report from earlier today where Yahoo Sports identifies Murphy and Corey Barker of TCU as coaches who accepted $6,000 payments from middleman Christian Dawkins in the college basketball pay-for-play scandal. Creighton Athletic Director Bruce Rasmussen released the