MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- After nearly four months of paid administrative leave and a contentious termination hearing, Alabama State fired athletic director Stacy Danley.Danley confirmed to the Montgomery Advertiser on Friday evening that a hearing officer had upheld several charges against him and that he had received a termination letter from the university on Wednesday, ending his two-plus-year tenure in charge of the Hornets’ athletic programs.
“I’m very disappointed in how the hearing process played out,” Danley said. “I do appreciate the opportunity I was given, and I’ll never be able to replace the experience of working at ASU during the time of building a stadium. I worked with a lot of good people and great student-athletes.”
Danley wouldn’t go into the specific reasons he was fired, saying only that the university listed 10 charges against him at the hearing and that the hearing officer upheld four of them. Those four charges were deemed sufficient cause for termination.
Reached in his office at ASU Friday evening, executive vice president John Knight wouldn’t comment on Danley’s termination or on why the second-year AD was placed on paid leave four months earlier.
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Alabama State releases charges in Danley firing
MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Alabama State University released a list of charges Saturday that were used to justify the dismissal of athletic director Stacy Danley.
According to records requested by the Montgomery Advertiser and other media outlets, ASU executive vice president John Knight recommended Danley's termination based on 10 charges related to his job performance.
Six of the charges were dismissed, but the following four were upheld in a "pre-termination" meeting Nov. 15-16:
- Failure to ensure paperwork was submitted in a timely manner for a student athlete's reinstatement. The student's name was redacted by the university, but he is described as a high-profile football transfer from a FBS institutiion.
- Failure to ensure accountability in the athletic department, including failure to properly execute staff evaluations.
- Behaving in an "unprofessional, disrespectful and hostile manner" toward Knight in a June 4 meeting on academic supports for student athletes. Danley's manner is described as "insubordinate" by associate provost and vice president of enrollment management Cherise Peters, who was present at the meeting.
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According to records requested by the Montgomery Advertiser and other media outlets, ASU executive vice president John Knight recommended Danley's termination based on 10 charges related to his job performance.
Six of the charges were dismissed, but the following four were upheld in a "pre-termination" meeting Nov. 15-16:
- Failure to ensure paperwork was submitted in a timely manner for a student athlete's reinstatement. The student's name was redacted by the university, but he is described as a high-profile football transfer from a FBS institutiion.
- Failure to ensure accountability in the athletic department, including failure to properly execute staff evaluations.
- Behaving in an "unprofessional, disrespectful and hostile manner" toward Knight in a June 4 meeting on academic supports for student athletes. Danley's manner is described as "insubordinate" by associate provost and vice president of enrollment management Cherise Peters, who was present at the meeting.
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