Dive Brief:
- Manhattan College has decided to retain men’s basketball coach Steve Masiello, who was found last month to have lied on his resume about earning a college degree.
- Masiello is on unpaid leave until he gets his undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky, where he is about 10 credits shy, according to ESPN.com. He is expected to complete his degree in the next couple of months.
- The coach was recruited by the University of South Florida for its men’s basketball coaching job, but was then rejected when the school uncovered that Masiello was degree deficient.
Dive Insight:
Masiello is allowed to skate by on this issue without producing an out-and-out apology. In his written statement on the announcement, he says he is “grateful and humbled” by Manhattan’s decision, and that he “made a mistake.” Also, he says: “Details matter.” Manhattan said that Masiello “executed poor judgment but did not intentionally misrepresent himself.” Masiello’s bio with the detail about his degree from Kentucky had been on Manhattan’s website prior to the South Florida snafu.