A&M sailing coach fired
Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 13:01.
The Houston Chronicle-- The marine terminal manager at Texas A&M University at Galveston, who also coached the school's offshore sailing team that lost a boat during a fatal racing accident last month, has been fired for failing to disclose his criminal history, officials announced Monday. Texas A&M at Galveston fired James Atchley on Friday for failing to reveal on his 1997 job application that he had a federal conviction seven years earlier related to the savings and loan scandals of the 1980s, said Jay Kimbrough, Texas A&M University System's general counsel and deputy chancellor. A&M System officials stressed that Atchley was fired for failing to disclose his criminal history and not for anything related to the sailing team. "It's important to understand that Atchley was terminated for having withheld the federal felony conviction information on his application, not for any job performance issues related to his oversight of the offshore sailing team," Kimbrough said. "Withholding criminal history information will not be tolerated." Read More
The Houston Chronicle-- The marine terminal manager at Texas A&M University at Galveston, who also coached the school's offshore sailing team that lost a boat during a fatal racing accident last month, has been fired for failing to disclose his criminal history, officials announced Monday. Texas A&M at Galveston fired James Atchley on Friday for failing to reveal on his 1997 job application that he had a federal conviction seven years earlier related to the savings and loan scandals of the 1980s, said Jay Kimbrough, Texas A&M University System's general counsel and deputy chancellor. A&M System officials stressed that Atchley was fired for failing to disclose his criminal history and not for anything related to the sailing team. "It's important to understand that Atchley was terminated for having withheld the federal felony conviction information on his application, not for any job performance issues related to his oversight of the offshore sailing team," Kimbrough said. "Withholding criminal history information will not be tolerated." Read More