Louisville men’s basketball coach Chris Mack has been suspended without pay for six games in November, the university announced Friday.
Louisville’s release came less than an hour before former assistant coach Dino Gaudio was set for sentencing in his federal extortion case.
“The University concluded that while Mack was a victim of an extortion attempt by former assistant coach Dino Gaudio, Mack failed to follow University guidelines, policies, and procedures in handling the matter. The sanctions imposed upon Coach Mack are unrelated to the extortion attempt itself and the ongoing NCAA process,” the statement read.
Mack will miss nonconference games from Nov. 8 to 27, including two in the Bahamas. During the suspension, the fourth-year coach “is prohibited from having any contact with the men’s basketball coaching staff or student-athletes.”
He will forfeit approximately $221,000 in compensation due to the suspension.
“As I have said since the beginning of my tenure, we have high expectations for all of our staff members and coaches and we hold people accountable for their actions,” Louisville Vice President and Director of Athletics Vince Tyra said in the statement.
