DENVER ? Western Athletic Conference commissioner Karl Benson announced today that University of Hawai?i women’s basketball coach Jim Bolla has been reprimanded for violating the WAC’s sportsmanship code.
The violation occurred when Bolla publicly criticized the game officials following the Feb. 9 game against Nevada. Said Benson, “Coach Bolla’s comments clearly violated the WAC code and will not be tolerated. Any further violation may result in him being suspended for a minimum of one game.”
Said Bolla, “I apologize for my violation of the WAC Code and will work to better represent myself and our program in the future.”
Said Hawai?i interim athletics director Carl Clapp, “All of our coaches’ and student-athletes’ actions must advance the reputation of this great conference and be in line with the sportsmanship code.”