Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre said Friday that he followed protocol after the ex-girlfriend of former assistant Joe Tumpkin told him that Tumpkin had physically abused her.
In a prepared statement, MacIntyre said that after repeatedly checking that Tumpkin's ex-girlfriend was in a safe place, he told the woman in a separate conversation that he was obligated to report her claims to athletic director Rick George. Tumpkin's ex-girlfriend told Sports Illustrated that she called MacIntyre on Dec. 9 and recounted the abuse she had received from Tumpkin since February 2015.