Assistant coach to receive $66,000 in severance pay

Former men’s basketball assistant coach Rob Senderoff will receive about $66,000 from the University as part of his severance agreement released to the public Tuesday. \nSenderoff, along with other members of the coaching staff, committed several secondary NCAA violations outlined in a report compiled by Indianapolis law firm Ice Miller, which is representing the University for these violations.\nThe news of Senderoff’s resignation became public Tuesday during a teleconference with IU Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan, Associate Director of Athletics Grace Calhoun and representatives from Ice Miller. According to the agreement, Senderoff’s resignation became effective Monday.\nSenderoff and the University agreed to a confidentially clause, keeping the terms and conditions of the agreement between the parties unless requested through the Indiana Access to Public Records Act.\nFollowing an Indiana Open Records request filed by the Indiana Daily Student, the department released the severance agreement reached by Senderoff and the University.\nContrary to media reports saying the University forced Senderoff to resign, Greenspan said in the teleconference that Senderoff left the program of his own accord and not because of pressure from IU.\n“Rob has decided that it is in his interest and in the University’s best interest that he resign from the University and made it effective immediately,” he said.\nThe agreement echoes Greenspan’s comments, saying “the University will state only that employee (Senderoff) voluntarily resigned from the University because he decided it was in his and the University’s best interests.”\nAccording to the report filed by Ice Miller, Senderoff conducted 10 to 12 impermissible three-way calls, connecting phone calls from recruits to head coach Kelvin Sampson. The discrepancy with the number of calls is because two calls were likely dropped calls. Additionally, Senderoff made 101 impermissible phone calls, 99 of which violated the terms of the previous sanctions set in place because of impermissible phone calls by Sampson and his staff at Oklahoma. Thirty-four of the 101 impermissible phone calls also violated NCAA guidelines.\nIn addition, the agreement stated Senderoff’s resignation was not the result of the NCAA violations.\nAs part of the severance package, the University will pay Senderoff $46,000 for his “resignation and surrender of all rights Employee might have that stem from employment or its discontinuance” and an additional $19,915.13 in compensation for an outstanding leave of absence time balance of 368.6 hours and eight hours of unused holiday hours.