Daryl Gross
Daryl James Gross (born June 20, 1961) was an American athletic director formerly with Syracuse University.
Gross received his bachelor's degree and played college football at University of California, Davis. Gross was a New York Jets scout when Pete Carroll was the Jets head coach, a relationship that led to him pushing for Carroll to be hired by USC.[1]
Formerly, Gross coached and worked at the University of Southern California in intercollegiate athletics after being a graduate coaching assistant (while earning his doctorate). While serving as senior associate athletic director, Gross was credited for bringing in head coach Pete Carroll for the Trojans football team.[2][3] In 2005, Gross became AD at Syracuse. In 2008, ESPN.com named Carroll's hiring #1 in a list of the Pac-10's Top 10 Moments Of BCS Era.[4]
In 2015, the Syracuse men's basketball and football teams were placed on probation for academic and illegal benefits in March of 2015. [5] The NCAA investigation revealed that in January 2012, Gross arranged a meeting with other athletic and academic officials at Syracuse after basketball star Fab Melo was suspended for academic ineligibility to find a way to reinstate Melo. Ultimately, the group decided to seek a grade change for Melo, which Melo would earn through re-writing an essay from a previous class. Melo turned in his assignment, which was completed by basketball staffers instead of him. Melo was initially reinstated, but the university found Melo guilty of academic fraud and suspended him from the team in March.[6]
References
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2003/dec/30/sports/sp-plaschke30?pg=2
- ^ Bill Plaschke, Sorry, Pete, We Were Wrong, Los Angeles Times, December 30, 2003, Accessed January 16, 2009
- ^ Michael Sokolove, Happiness Is a Warm Football Coach, The New York Times, November 2, 2008, Accessed February 11, 2009.
- ^ Ted Miller, Trojans had no BCS peer once Carroll arrived, ESPN.com, May 22, 2008, Accessed May 22, 2008.
- ^ http://www.syracuse.com/orangesports/index.ssf/2015/03/daryl_gross_says_syracuse_still_considering_appeal_declines_to_discuss_job_statu.html#incart_m-rpt-1
- ^ Carlson, Chris (March 7, 2015). "Syracuse basketball NCAA investigation: How far did the school go to keep Fab Melo eligible?". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
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