While working with Arizona during an NCAA review of the Arizona men’s basketball program, the Arizona Board of Regents backed the school’s move to fire assistant basketball coach Mark Phelps.
The regents met Thursday over an item listed as “legal advice and discussion regarding University of Arizona Men’s Basketball,” and chair Ron Shoopman later issued a statement supporting the university's suspension of Phelps and its plans to terminate him.
“The board is confident this decision was made to ensure the utmost integrity and highest standards in the UA men’s basketball program,” Shoopman said. “As the governing body of Arizona’s public universities, the board is committed to doing everything possible to uphold the excellence and quality of the institutions we oversee, including the athletic programs at the universities.