Former Syracuse athletic director Mark Coyle was named Wednesday as the sole finalist for the same job in the Gophers’ department. The Star Tribune reports that Pitino has spent $53,388 on private jet trips through February in the 2016 fiscal year. A good athletic director, as a CFO, is going to watch those issues very carefully before checks are issued. We wish him well.”Coyle will step into a situation at Minnesota that will require financial and ethical oversight, a topic to be discussed at this week’s board meeting, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. “Mark Coyle has informed the University that, for family reasons, he is leaving the University for a position at Minnesota.

Source: Washington Post May 11, 2016 17:10 UTC