Posted on 01/01/2011 3:08:55 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Pittsburgh has fired football coach Mike Haywood, a day after he was arrested on a domestic violence charge.
He was arrested Friday following an incident at his South Bend home, said an officer at the St. Joseph County Jail who declined to give her name. She said Haywood was scheduled to appear in court on Monday.
Haywood was released on $1,000 cash bond Saturday after the charge was upgraded to a felony.
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Mark Mangino has been hired as the new coach.
Wasn’t Pederson fired for hiring Callahan when he was AD at abother school?
Police said Haywood became engaged in a custody dispute with a woman with whom he has a child. The unidentified woman told police that Haywood grabbed her by the arm and neck and pushed her as she tried to leave.
The woman had marks on her neck, arms and back, police said.
statement released on behalf of university Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg.
To be clear, the universitys decision is not tied to any expectation with respect to the terms on which the legal proceeding now pending in Indiana might ultimately be concluded. Instead, it reflects a strong belief that moving forward with Mr. Haywood as our head coach is not possible under the existing circumstances, Nordenberg said.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/college/s_716289.html
Dirty laundry done him in. Better that Pitt finds out now than later.
Nebraska fired Pederson..hired Osborne...Osborne fired Callahan.
Pederson wanted a West coast offense at Nebraska.
Being a loser does not matter.
Being a minority is the only qualification.
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