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'''Bernie Fine''' (born December 23, 1945) |
'''Bernie Fine''' (born December 23, 1945) is a former associate head basketball coach for the [[Syracuse Orange]] men's basketball team.<ref name=ESPN>{{cite web|title=Bernie Fine fired amid abuse allegations|url=http://espn.go.com/new-york/story/_/id/7288286/bernie-fine-fired-syracuse-orange-amid-molestation-allegations|work=ESPN|accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref> He is Jewish and originally from Brooklyn, New York.<ref>http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/83733/accused-fine-helped-found-jewish-coaches-assn/4</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:11, 29 November 2011
| Current position | |
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| Title | Associate Head Coach |
| Team | Syracuse |
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| Born | Brooklyn, New York |
Bernie Fine (born December 23, 1945) is a former associate head basketball coach for the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team.[1] He is Jewish and originally from Brooklyn, New York.[2]
Early coaching career
Fine started his coaching career as a student-manager in 1963 when Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim played at SU with NBA Hall-of-Famer Dave Bing. Fine graduated in 1967 with a B.S. in personnel and industrial relations and went into business. In 1970, he assumed the basketball and football coaching positions at Lincoln Junior High. The following year, he went to Henninger High School as the junior varsity basketball coach from 1971-74 before taking over as varsity coach. When Boeheim became head coach in 1976, he hired Fine and Rick Pitino as assistants.[3]
College coaching career
During his coaching career, Fine was named the president of the Central New York Kidney Foundation; a faculty adviser for a social fraternity, Sigma Alpha Mu; an adviser for an honor society, Phi Kappa Alpha; and has been involved with the Boys Club and the Make-a-Wish Foundation.[4]
On the court, Fine has been responsible for developing Syracuse's forwards and centers. During his tenure, he has helped develop Rony Seikaly, Etan Thomas and John Wallace. In 2000, Fine was promoted to associate head coach. In the 2001-02 season, he assumed the head coaching responsibilities of Syracuse for three games when Boeheim was forced to miss the games for health reasons.[5]
Away from coaching at Syracuse, Fine coached U.S. Maccabiah team to a silver medal at the 1993 World Maccabiah Games in Israel. In 2002, he participated in The Blackfeet Native Skill-Builder Hoop Clinic, a basketball seminar conducted on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana.[5]
Sexual abuse allegations and termination
In November 2011, two former Syracuse University ball boys alleged on ESPN's Outside the Lines program that they had been molested by Fine from the late 1970s to the 1990s. Fine and head men's basketball coach Boeheim denied the charges. Because the incidents occurred over 10 years ago, District Attorney William Fitzpatrick indicated that the statute of limitations would probably bar any prosecution.[6] Syracuse University placed Fine on administrative leave and said it would cooperate fully with the investigation.[7][8]
Subsequently, another person claimed to have been molested by Fine in 2002 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The United States Secret Service searched Fine's house and seized file cabinets, computers, and other potential evidence.[9] On November 27, 2011, it was announced that Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor had fired Fine in response to the allegations.[10] The chancellor also alluded to reports of a taped phone call between Fine's wife and one of Fine's accusers.[10][1]
References
- ^ a b "Bernie Fine fired amid abuse allegations". ESPN. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ^ http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/83733/accused-fine-helped-found-jewish-coaches-assn/4
- ^ http://www.suathletics.com/roster.asp?playerid=1088&sport=176&roster=194
- ^ http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/uwire/022206aaz.html
- ^ a b http://www.suathletics.com/roster.asp?playerid=1088&sport=176&roster=194
- ^ http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/bernie_fine.html
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/syracuse-chancellors-letter-to-alumni/2011/11/19/gIQAf08bbN_blog.html
- ^ http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/7248184/syracuse-police-investigating-bernie-fine-molesting-boy-1980s
- ^ http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/third_accuser_says_su_coach_be.html
- ^ a b "Syracuse basketball coach fired amid sex abuse investigation". CNN. November 27, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
External links
- Bernie Fine profile at SUathletics
- 1945 births
- Living people
- American basketball coaches
- American Jews
- Basketball players from New York
- College basketball controversies in the United States
- High school basketball coaches in the United States
- High school football coaches in the United States
- People from Brooklyn
- Syracuse Orange men's basketball coaches