Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby was “absolutely shocked” by the college admissions scam that surfaced this week involving Hollywood stars and a number of prominent universities across the country.
Bowlsby was Stanford’s athletics director when he hired John Vandemoer to become the school’s sailing coach. Vandemoer has plead guilty to racketeering conspiracy charges and been fired by Stanford.
“I was shocked. I was absolutely shocked,” Bowlsby said. “He’s a very successful coach. A very solid guy. When I heard there was an exchange of funds, I was pretty sure that he hadn’t taken it for himself personally, but that doesn’t mitigate what he did.