Mountain West Conference Reprimands Utah Men's Basketball Coach

March 6, 2008

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - University of Utah Men's Basketball Head Coach Jim Boylen has been issued a public reprimand for his disparaging comments that publicly criticized a Conference member institution's head coach. The public criticism, which appeared in various publications on Monday and Tuesday, March 3 and 4, was in violation of MWC Sportsmanship Rule Sections 4.2-e and 4.4.5.

The Mountain West Conference will have no further comment regarding this case. The provisions of the MWC Sportsmanship Policy can be found in Rule 4 of the MWC Handbook - which can be accessed via the www.TheMWC.com Web site.