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LSU fires head coach Will Wade and associate head coach Bill Armstrong

LSU fired head men’s basketball coach Will Wade and associate head coach Bill Armstrong on Saturday.

President William F. Tate IV said the termination was “for cause” in a letter to the LSU community.

Here is the letter in its entirety:

Today, we informed Will Wade that he has been terminated for cause, pursuant to the provisions of his amended employment agreement as the Men’s Basketball Head Coach at LSU. Bill Armstrong has also been terminated as Associate Head Coach.

For more than four years, the University has patiently allowed the NCAA investigative process to unfold, jointly working with the NCAA Enforcement Staff and, subsequently, with the Complex Case Unit (CCU), to ensure the evidence collected was as thorough and fair as possible.