BC AD leaving

[SirSaxa]

espn.go.com/boston/ncf/story/_/id/8278182/gene-defilippo-retiring-boston-college-eagles-athletic-director

BOSTON -- Boston College athletic director Gene DeFilippo is stepping down.

DeFilippo took over the BC athletic department in 1997 in the wake of a gambling scandal and presided over its move from the Big East to the Atlantic Coast Conference. He announced on Friday that he is leaving, effective Sept. 30.

[boxout05]

Let's run down his list of accomplishments: 4 NCAA hockey titles, led the school back from gambling scandals, got a ton of money from the ACC, stabbed the Big East in the back twice, the ACC in the back once... A great man and definitely not the kind of person I'd want to rot for eternity.

[DanMcQ]

...same great man who presided over driving a humming basketball program into near oblivion...

...as an aside, could this be the crack in the ACC wall that UConn eventually takes advantage of?

[skyhoya]

he also promoted Spaz to HC-FB.