After close to three months of silence by the University of South Florida athletics in regards to a report that assistant head coach Tom Herrion made racially insensitive comments towards student athletes and head coach Brian Gregory failed to report these incidents, the investigation finally came to a close with an announcement from the school.
The school announced early Tuesday afternoon after an independent review of the USF men’s basketball program that assistant head coach Tom Herrion “committed misconduct in violation of university policy stemming from inappropriate comments made to student-athletes”. As a result of this investigation, Vice President of Athletics Michael Kelly has not renewed Tom Herrion’s contract, and Herrion is no longer with the program.