Army baseball coach Joe Sottolano was fired on Tuesday after 14 seasons due to allegations of inappropriate behavior.
Sottolano, who led the Black Knights to seven NCAA Tournaments as the Academy’s all-time winningest coach, had been on administrative leave — while an investigation took place — after an Academy staff member filed a sexual harassment complaint against him, according to The Times Herald-Record.
The U.S. Military Academy did not specify the reasons for Sottolano’s termination.
“Due to behavior that does not meet the standards of what we demand of our senior leaders and role models at West Point, we have relieved Joe Sottolano of his duties as head baseball coach,” Army director of athletics Boo Corrigan said in a statement.
Lt. Col. Webster Wright, a spokesman for West Point, told the Associated Press Sottolano was fired for a “pattern of behavior.”
Sottolano arrived at West Point as an assistant coach in 1992 and took over as head coach after then-coach Dan Roberts was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in 2000.
Sottolano, a 1990 graduate of Ithaca College, compiled a record of 391-286-5 at Army, including NCAA Tournament berths the past two seasons.
Associate head coach Matt Reid was named the interim head coach through the 2014 spring season.