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DWI Arrest Leads Hofstra Hoops Coach to Resign

By Michael

The Tim Welsh era was over almost as soon as it started. Welsh took the head basketball coaching job at Hofstra on March 31. He had just barely assembled his staff, began recruiting new players and setting up workouts. But just last weekend Welsh was arrested for DWI, and the charges have brought an end his tenure barely a month after it started. Welsh had what the New York Post called a ?sterling reputation? in the New York area with high school coaches and the media. He had no prior arrests. Nonetheless, Hofstra demanded Welsh?s resignation from its highest offices. Athletic director Jack Hayes was not happy with the alleged DUI offense, but he had been willing to keep Welsh around. University president Stuart Rabinowitz, however, made the final decision to demand the resignation...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on May 11, 2010 (boomark / email).