Air Force basketball coach suspended indefinitely pending investigation into treatment of cadet-athletes

Air Force’s men’s hoops manager Joe Scott has been suspended indefinitely pending an probe into the attraction of cadet-athletes, the schoolhouse announced Saturday.

Assistant manager Joe Jordan volition service arsenic the interim coach. The schoolhouse said that nary further accusation was releasable astatine the time.

Scott, 60, is presently successful his 2nd stint with Air Force. He served arsenic caput manager from 2000-04, past returned successful 2020.

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Air Force Falcons caput manager Joe Scott looks connected successful the 2nd fractional against the Nevada Wolf Pack astatine Clune Arena successful Colorado Springs, Colorado, connected Feb. 4, 2025. (Isaiah J. Downing/Imagn Images)

Scott has a 97-183 grounds implicit his 10 seasons arsenic caput coach. The Falcons person struggled this season, and person a grounds of 3-14.

In Scott’s 10 seasons arsenic caput coach, helium has lone had 1 winning season, the 2003-04 play erstwhile they were 22-7. They were Mountain West Conference regular-season champions and were awarded an at-large NCAA tourney appearance.

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Air Force Falcons caput manager Joe Scott successful the archetypal fractional against the Colorado State Rams astatine Clune Arena successful Colorado Springs, Colorado, connected Feb. 25, 2025. (Isaiah J. Downing/Imagn Images)

Following that season, Scott near to go the caput manager of Princeton, wherever helium lasted 3 seasons. He went 38-45 during his tenure astatine the Ivy League school.

After his 3 seasons astatine Princeton, Scott served arsenic the University of Denver's caput manager from 2007 to 2016. In 9 seasons, Scott went 146-132 with 1 postseason quality successful the NIT, but was fired with 2 seasons near connected his contract.

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Air Force Falcons caput manager Joe Scott during the archetypal fractional against the Boise State Broncos astatine Clune Arena successful Colorado Springs, Colorado, connected March 4, 2025. (Isaiah J. Downing/Imagn Images)

Scott past spent 2 seasons arsenic an adjunct astatine Holy Cross, and 2 arsenic an adjunct astatine Georgia nether Tom Crean earlier returning to Air Force. Scott’s vocation caput coaching grounds is 281-360.

Jordan’s archetypal crippled arsenic interim caput manager is connected Saturday astatine 4 p.m. ET against the Nevada Wolf Pack astatine home.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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