Calling it a response that "reflects the issues that schools face across the country," the University of North Carolina has changed some of the language and duties of men's basketball coach Roy Williams.
Some of the changes were the result of alterations in NCAA regulations that place more responsibility on head coaches, USA Today Sports reported.
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Other changes, however, give North Carolina "greater latitude" in determining whether any action by the coach breaks the terms of his contract from now on.
The new contract may not allow the school to examine Williams' role in connection with the academic scandal uncovered in a 2014 independent investigator's report implicating both Norht Carolina football and men's basketball players.
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It is unclear whether the scandal was the impetus for the university to take steps in protecting itself against future incidents of impropriety.
"This is standard legal language that is in our contracts moving forward," athletics director Bubba Cunningham said in a statement through spokesman Steve Kirschner as reported by USA Today Sports. "These types of clauses change over time. It is not unique to Coach Williams' contract and reflects the issues that schools face across the country."
The school now can fire Williams if he "displays a continual or serious disrespect for the integrity, values, and ethics of the University or its Men's Basketball Program or which has or is likely to have a material adverse impact on the reputation or good name of the University of its Men's Basketball Program" or if he engages in "any act or omission that the University determines constitutes a violation of an ACC or NCAA regulation or bylaw, or of a policy of or applicable to the university. ..."
As far as new duties, Williams now must promptly report to the athletic director if he suspects that an violations have occurred or will occur and will cooperate fully in any investigation.
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