UNC Chancellor announces his resignation

[Edisto_Tiger]

UNC athletic officials stunned by Thorp’s decision | CharlotteObserver.com

Thorp, who announced he will leave office on June 30, 2013, became North Carolina’s 10th chancellor in July 2008. During his tenure, the athletic department experienced unprecedented strife.

Amid a multifaceted NCAA investigation into academic fraud and impermissible benefits, Thorp fired former football coach Butch Davis in late July 2010. The decision, which came just days before the start of preseason football practice, was unpopular among some athletic department boosters and fans.

The NCAA ruled in March, among other penalties, that the football program serve a one-year postseason ban for those improprieties. But the NCAA’s verdict didn’t bring the much-anticipated end point for which university leaders and coaches had hoped.

Instead, more revelations surfaced that called into question the quality of education for North Carolina athletes.

The university released results of an internal investigation in May, identifying 54 problematic courses over a range of four years in the African and Afro-American Studies department.

Athletes, particularly football and men’s basketball players, represented a large percentage of enrollments in many of the problem courses, which included no-show professors and unauthorized grade changes.

Then, in August, Julius Peppers’ college transcript became public after it was inexplicably posted on an obscure page on North Carolina’s website. The transcript showed that Peppers, who plays for the NFL’s Chicago Bears and is one of the most recognizable athletes in Tar Heels history, was barely eligible to compete during his years at the school.

The NCAA has not launched another investigation at North Carolina, but amid a continuous stream of embarrassing revelations, Thorp became a target of ire among frustrated fans, who routinely lambasted him on Twitter and other public Internet forums.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

waiting to hear from that shithead, Swofford, on this one.

 

[jeffro151]

 

[uncfan103]

Board may oust Thorp | Honest NC

His contract probably wasn't going to be renewed and it's up effective pretty much the same time he agreed to stepdown

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

Board may oust Thorp | Honest NC

His contract probably wasn't going to be renewed and it's up effective pretty much the same time he agreed to stepdown

ah, so not much of a surprise here, then. Damn it!! No offense, but any stones to throw at Swofford makes me giddy.