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UConn Fires Head Men's Basketball Coach Kevin Ollie Amid NCAA Probe UConn Fires Head Men's Basketball Coach Kevin Ollie Amid NCAA Probe
UConn Fires Head Men's Basketball Coach Kevin Ollie Amid NCAA Probe Amid an ongoing NCAA investigation, the University of Connecticut announced Saturday that it has fired head men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie. UConn said in the fall it had hired a law firm and was conducting an internal investigation after receiving allegations about violations that were not specified. Ollie's firing is with cause, UConn said, meaning the university does not believe it is obligated to play the remaining five years on a seven-year $18 million contract. “The University of Connecticut has initiated disciplinary procedures to terminate the employment of Head Men’s Basketball…

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by Joe Lombardi