BRISTOL, Conn., May 2 (UPI) -- The task of cleaning up the men's basketball program at St. Bonaventure apparently will be given to Notre Dame assistant Anthony Solomon.
ESPN reported Friday that Solomon will be named as the successor to Jan van Breda Kolff, and the deal is expected to be finalized next week.
Solomon, an assistant at Notre Dame for the past three years under Mike Brey, played collegiately at Virginia. He would take over a program mired in turmoil. Last month, van Breda Kolff was fired after a university investigation determined he had violated NCAA rules related to a player eligibility scandal.
In early March, the Atlantic 10 Conference stripped the Bonnies of six league victories, and barred them from the conference tournament after center James Terrell was ruled ineligible for violating NCAA junior college transfer quidelines.
That led to a boycott by the players, which forced the school to forfeit its final two regular season games against Massachusetts and Dayton.
The university was widely criticized for allowing the players to dictate policy, and there was even some speculation that the A-10 would expel the school from the league.
While that did not happen, the controversy surrounding Terrell and the player boycott, did lead to the resignation of University President Robert Wickenheiser and Athletic Director Gothard Lane.
The basketball team currently is being run on an interim basis by Van Breda Kolff's assistant, Billy McCaffrey.
