12A SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2015 MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER

Coach them and make a deci-

sion.
ASU trustee Angela
Continued 1A McKenzie was informed
of at least some of the alle-
what could be out there. gations against Jenkins,
However, Boyd, board according to a former Be-
Chairman Locy Baker and thune-Cookman assistant
other trustees said they coach who spoke on condi-
had no discussions with tion of anonymity. The
Hines about the prob- former assistant said he
lems. In an emailed re- contacted McKenzie and
sponse to several ques- one other trustee and pro-
tions asking if Hines had vided several details of
alerted her to specific al- Jenkins alleged mis-
legations levied against deeds.
Jenkins, Boyds only reply Following the Feb. 5
was: No. board meeting, at which
Baker also denied hav- Jenkins contract was ap-
ing a conversation with proved by trustees,
Hines but said he would McKenzie declined to
wait and see what came of comment on her conver-
the potential problems. sation with the assistant.
If its true and we When asked if she felt
dont know if it is or not comfortable approving
right now wed have to Jenkins contract in light
act, Baker said. But if of the assistant coachs al-
there are NCAA issues out legations, McKenzie said,
there, well have to wait I didnt vote on his con-
and see what comes of tract. I abstained from all
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(personnel) votes.
Jenkins compiled a 46-
14 overall record and won
Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference Coach of the
Year honors three times
in five seasons at Be-
thune-Cookman. The con-
tract ASU trustees ap-
proved will pay Jenkins a
first-year salary
($175,000) thats $90,000
less than what he was
earning at Bethune-Cook-
man ($265,000).
Bethune-Cookman of-
ficials did not respond to
additional questions
about Jenkins or its inves-
tigation of his program.
ONeal also wouldnt say
if he felt the schools in-
vestigation played a role
in Jenkins departure,
saying only: We appreci-
ate the work Coach Jen-
kins did here.
Numerous attempts to
reach Jenkins on his cell-
phone and through ASUs
sports information de-
partment were unsuc-
cessful.

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