Syracuse AD Out; Boeheim to Retire After Three More Seasons

Boeheim on the sidelines. Photo Credit: David Butler II, USA TODAY Sports
 

Major change has come to Syracuse University athletics right now & will in the future.

By: Michael Hanley (@Magic20099)
Daryl Gross has been shown the door at Syracuse, losing his athletic director role and Boeheim will call it a career after the 2017-2018 season. It is moves that will not surprise many in light of the recent news at the school, especially with the men's basketball program.

This sets up the university and its athletics program to have a very different and new look to it in the coming years.

Here is more on the announcement of Boeheim retiring after these next three seasons is over with:  

"Coach Boeheim ... intends to retire as head coach in three years," Syracuse chancellor Kent Syverud wrote in a letter posted Wednesday. "His goal in making this decision and announcement now is to bring certainty to the team and program in the coming years, and enable and plan for a successful, longer-term transition in coaching leadership."

It makes sense that Boeheim would want to have  a plan like this in place to ensure the program that he built from the ground up is put into the best position to succeed way beyond his tenure. Mike Hopkins is the heir apparent for Boeheim and will look to have this program in his hands with no restrictions or penalties of any sort to deal with.

Boeheim has been the head coach at Syracuse since the 1976-1977 season. In his tenure he has taken the program to be a national brand and power in college basketball. He has taken this program to four Final Fours, including winning the 2003 National Championship, the first and only one in the program's history. It also has included many players who have rewritten the record books there and been able to go and lead great careers in the NBA and also in other fields of work.

Unfortunately this recent news has cast a dark shadow on the program, which was discovered to have committed some minor and serious violations when it came to players receiving benefits and academic help.

Though this will take years to get through and rehab the image of the program and athletics department, Syracuse has taken proactive action to jumpstart that imitative and get back on the road to being a clean and well run program once again.