Iowa State Cans Hoops Coach
Morgan Fired In Wake Of Recruiting Scam Reported By CBS SportsLine
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Iowa State has one LACC player in its roster: reserve Anthony Davis. Morgan said earlier this week that he did not commit any violations when he recruited Davis to Iowa State. He said D1 Scheduling was contracted to help Iowa State improve its non-conference schedule — not recruit players.
"It has not been easy to get highly regarded teams to Ames for non-conference games," Morgan said in a statement released Wednesday night. "D-1 Scheduling enabled us to secure a good non-conference schedule at the median market price.
"Everything that I or Iowa State has done relative to scheduling has been straightforward, honest, and clearly within the bounds of what is normal in scheduling."
Morgan replaced Larry Eustachy in 2003, and went 55-39 in three seasons as Iowa State's head coach.
He spent one season as an assistant under Eustachy, who was forced to resign after the publication of newspaper photographs showing him drinking and partying with college students on Big 12 road trips.
The Cyclones entered this season ranked No. 25, but stumbled to a 16-14 record and failed to reach postseason play.
Iowa State reached the semifinals of the NIT in 2004, Morgan's first season, and lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament last season.
Morgan, 55, has a career record of 146-123 in nine seasons as a college head coach. Morgan spent six seasons as the head coach at Long Beach State and 12 seasons as an assistant under Jim Boeheim at Syracuse.
Pollard said the search for a new coach would begin immediately.
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