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Jim Boeheim on Syracuse athletic director Mark Coyle's departure: 'It's shocking'

(Michael Greenlar)

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Jim Boeheim learned this morning that Syracuse University is now in the market for a new athletic director.

The university announced that current AD Mark Coyle, who came to SU from Boise State just last June, will be leaving the university "for family reasons." In a statement, the school said Coyle will be "leaving the University for a position at Minnesota."

Minnesota's athletic department released a statement today that Coyle was a finalist for its athletic director position.

Boeheim said he had no inkling that Coyle planned to depart SU.