Former track coach Bev Kearney was forced out after she admitted to an intimate affair with one of her athletes in fall 2012.
Then it became known that Major Applewhite had also had an illicit affair, but with a trainer/employee, not a student-athlete in 2009. He was retained, and got a raise in 2010.
Kearney is going to sue. She wouldn't have had a chance of prevailing had the Applewhite affair not surfaced.
The UT system's general counsel has resigned, and UT insiders say he was forced out.
An internal investigation has found that as many as four other coaches and/or administrators have been dipping their nuggets in inappropriate sauce cups.
These aren't just message board rumors, either. I have a number of professional contacts and colleagues who are UT alums. Two of these are five-figure donors each year, and both say that the whole athletic department is in butt-covering mode.
Edit to add: "Big Mike," a UT insider and blogger, has confirmed the knowledge of multiple illicit affairs.
Then it became known that Major Applewhite had also had an illicit affair, but with a trainer/employee, not a student-athlete in 2009. He was retained, and got a raise in 2010.
Kearney is going to sue. She wouldn't have had a chance of prevailing had the Applewhite affair not surfaced.
The UT system's general counsel has resigned, and UT insiders say he was forced out.
An internal investigation has found that as many as four other coaches and/or administrators have been dipping their nuggets in inappropriate sauce cups.
These aren't just message board rumors, either. I have a number of professional contacts and colleagues who are UT alums. Two of these are five-figure donors each year, and both say that the whole athletic department is in butt-covering mode.
Edit to add: "Big Mike," a UT insider and blogger, has confirmed the knowledge of multiple illicit affairs.