The Glenn Cyprien File ...

[Jason]

I really couldn't wait until we could talk some good ole basketball smack, but this is not what I had in mind... This really looks bad because we already have problems graduating or even having basketball players attend class, and it turns out the person we hired to fix it never finished school himself... I just hope its not true!!!

[ChanceEncounter]

No doubt about it, the precedent is set. The Times Picayune writes a scathing UL story and the UL administration calls a massive get to the bottom of the story press conference. My guess is 2pm

[Turbine]

I thought this was an interesting tidbit as far as checking into the background of highly experienced hires

. . . Stanford and San Diego State University, don't check degrees for professor candidates. Some say they confirm degrees for entry-level teaching positions and postdoctoral fellowships, but don't find it necessary for tenured professor positions. LINK

[Turbine]

HERE IS HIS COACHING EXPERIENCE:

2000-2004: Oklahoma State, assistant coach

1998-2000 Associate Head Coach UNLV

1995-98 Assistant Coach, UNLV

1994-95: Assistant Coach, Western Kentucky

1991-94: Associate Head Coach, Jacksonville University

1990-91: Assistant Coach, Lamar University

1987-90: Assistant Coach, Texas-San Antonio (men's eam)

1988-89: Assistant Coach, Texas-San Antonio (women's team)

1987: Head Coach, Louisiana AAU Junior Olympics

1985-86: Head Coach, Holy Ghost Elementary (New Orleans)

[CajunKahouna]

If this turns out to be true, somebody (including the man) should be fired in Nelson's admin organization for not doing their job and following hiring procedures and protocol.

Harm to the University's basketball program will be immeasureable in the short term.

In a word, this is unacceptable!!!!!!

[El Sidonio]

words truly can't describe how I might feel about this situation if it turns out badly. Why don't we verify these things before we hire a coach? What I'm curious about is that Cyprien is sure he earned a degree from UTSA but they say no. What gives? If this is true, and the hire is void and Cyprien is no more, who are our options? Furthermore, how will this affect the assistant coaches he's already hired, and the players he's already recruited?

[California Cajun]

Press conference 11 AM. Terminated effective immediately. His only degrees are from an unaccredited school and did not graduate from Texas San Antonio. The university got a call a few days ago questioning his UTSA degree.

Schexnayder blames himself for making a poor assumption. He relied on a UTSA degree and not the others. He was provided a resume saying he graduated from UTSA. Cyprien told Schexnayder a corrected resume had been made and he never saw it. The resume he received and relied upon was given to him by Oklahoma State. Had Schexnayder gotten the corrected resume to begin with, he would have not considered Cyprien as a candidate because his lack of an accredited degree disqualified him. He was very close to a UTSA degree, and a degree was erroneously included on the resume Schexnayder received.

Schexnayder said he is working out the details for making Robert Lee the head coach. It will be a permanent and not an interim appointment. Coach Lee will have the say so on who is on the staff, but has been told to take into account that two assistants hired left other jobs to come here.

[Diapason]

Sad sad sad Schexnayder won't fund softball and he won't do his simple homework. This Cyprien guy is nothing but bad news.

[shof]

Un-freaking-believable! Just as things begin to look up for the team this happens. I concur with the assessment that NS did NOT do his job on this one. Show me the transcript! If its that big a deal that the degree is a pre-req, then make sure its accurate. You would think this would be an easy thing for an institution of higher learning to determine! Fortunetly, Lee was retained and the program can move forward without too many more distractions.

[Turbine]

Originally posted by shof
Un-freaking-believable! . . . Fortunetly, Lee was retained and the program can move forward without too many more distractions.

How fortunate we are, I can't think of a better outcome to a very bad situation.