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Media Relations

IU launches nationwide coaching search

Indiana Daily Student
March 18, 2007

By Ryan Gregg

IU President Michael McRobbie took the first step toward finding a new IU men's basketball coach yesterday when he announced the appointment of a 10-member committee that will conduct a nationwide search.

Harry Gonso, an attorney with the Indianapolis-based law firm Ice Miller, will chair the committee.

Ice Miller was the legal counsel to the University's internal investigation of former IU coach Kelvin Sampson. The firm's report detailed the use of three-way phone calls by the IU men's basketball team's coaching staff, which led to assistant coach Rob Senderoff's resignation. Sampson and the University agreed to a buyout settlement Feb. 22 after an NCAA investigation.

Gonso is a former IU board of trustees member and chaired two presidential searches in his 18 years with the board.

McRobbie said in a statement yesterday that Gonso is the ideal choice to chair the committee for IU because "he has a deep appreciation for both our academic mission and our athletic traditions."

Read the entire story here: http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=49690&comview=1

Learn more about IU Athletics here: http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/

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