St. Bonaventure AD Joe Manhertz Resigns Following Questions Over Decision To Not Compete In NIT – News18

St. Bonaventure athletic director Joe Manhertz resigned abruptly, the college introduced Saturday, within the midst of questions concerning the lads’s basketball program opting out from competing within the NIT with out initially informing its gamers and followers.

St. Bonaventure offered no particulars behind Manhertz’s departure after two-plus years on the job, besides to say college president Jeff Gingerich accepted his letter of resignation on Friday evening.

“I want to thank Joe for the contributions he’s made to the athletics department the last three years,” Gingerich stated in an announcement. “Joe made a number of excellent coaching hires and was instrumental in helping to launch the athletics pillar of our Bolder Bonaventure fundraising campaign. We wish him the very best in his career.”

The college has already scrubbed most references to Manhertz and his bio from its internet pages.

Manhertz took over on the Atlantic 10 college — positioned a 90-minute drive south of Buffalo, New York — in August 2021. He beforehand served as an affiliate athletic director at Duke, the place he was primarily concerned in fundraising for upgrades to the college’s numerous services. Getting employed by St. Bonaventure was a homecoming of kinds for Manhertz, who’s from the Rochester, New York, space.

Manhertz turned the goal of questions over the lads’s basketball crew opting out of NIT consideration after the Bonnies dropped a 70-60 resolution to Duquesne within the A10 match semifinals final weekend.

After ESPN reported on Tuesday that St. Bonaventure (20-13) turned down an NIT bid, Manhertz issued an announcement a day later saying the Bonnies opted out from postseason match consideration, whereas acknowledging that info wasn’t communicated to gamers or to the general public.

Manhertz cited journey logistics, accidents and the uncertainty of gamers probably getting into the switch portal, as causes for informing the NIT choice committee Sunday of the college’s resolution to not be thought-about. He stated the choice was reached by athletic division administration and the teaching workers, and made “in the best interest of our student athletes.”

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