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</TD></TR><TR><TD height=7><SPACER width="1" height="1" type="block"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><STYLE type=text/css> td.yspwidearticlebody { font-size: 13.5px; }</STYLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=yspwidearticlebody>By LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writer
March 17, 2007
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan coach Tommy Amaker was fired Saturday, two days after his sixth season with the Wolverines ended with an 87-66 loss at Florida State in the NIT.
Michigan went 22-13 this season. Amaker's record at Michigan was 109-83, with three 20-win seasons, but his teams went only 43-53 in the Big Ten. The Wolverines never made the NCAA tournament under Amaker.
Amaker was hired in March 2001 to replace the fired Brian Ellerbe. He inherited a mess, stemming in part from the school's lackluster facilities and the Ed Martin scandal. Martin, a former booster, told the federal government he lent $616,000 to Wolverines Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor, Robert Traylor and Louis Bullock in what the NCAA said was the largest financial scandal in its history.
"Letting Tommy go was the toughest decision I've had to make in seven years as athletic director," Bill Martin told The Associated Press. "He took over a program that needed help, and he helped it in a lot of ways. But at Michigan we have a tradition of winning Big Ten and national championships and we haven't been close to doing either in a lot of ways."
Amaker scheduled a news conference later Saturday on campus.
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</NOSCRIPT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Amaker, a former Duke star, was under contract through the 2010-11 season. But, according to his contract, which was obtained last week by The Associated Press in a Freedom of Information Act request, the school could fire him without cause by giving him $900,000.
In four seasons at Seton Hall, Amaker led the Pirates to a 68-55 record, a trip to the round of 16 in the 2000 NCAA tournament and three NIT bids. Before that, he spent nine years on Mike Krzyzewski's staff at Duke, where he was a four-year starter in the mid-1980s. Amaker's wife, Stephanie Pinder-Amaker, is the University of Michigan's associate dean of students. "There were moments of delight and success," Bill Martin said. "But we didn't make the NCAA tournament and that was the goal. To that extent, it was a disappointment
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<TABLE class=yspcontent cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=974 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class="" vAlign=top width=720>Amaker fired by Michigan after 6 seasons with Wolverines
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD height=7><SPACER width="1" height="1" type="block"></TD></TR><TR><TD class=yspsctnhdln>Amaker fired by Michigan after 6 seasons with Wolverines
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March 17, 2007
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan coach Tommy Amaker was fired Saturday, two days after his sixth season with the Wolverines ended with an 87-66 loss at Florida State in the NIT.
Michigan went 22-13 this season. Amaker's record at Michigan was 109-83, with three 20-win seasons, but his teams went only 43-53 in the Big Ten. The Wolverines never made the NCAA tournament under Amaker.
Amaker was hired in March 2001 to replace the fired Brian Ellerbe. He inherited a mess, stemming in part from the school's lackluster facilities and the Ed Martin scandal. Martin, a former booster, told the federal government he lent $616,000 to Wolverines Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor, Robert Traylor and Louis Bullock in what the NCAA said was the largest financial scandal in its history.
"Letting Tommy go was the toughest decision I've had to make in seven years as athletic director," Bill Martin told The Associated Press. "He took over a program that needed help, and he helped it in a lot of ways. But at Michigan we have a tradition of winning Big Ten and national championships and we haven't been close to doing either in a lot of ways."
Amaker scheduled a news conference later Saturday on campus.
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In four seasons at Seton Hall, Amaker led the Pirates to a 68-55 record, a trip to the round of 16 in the 2000 NCAA tournament and three NIT bids. Before that, he spent nine years on Mike Krzyzewski's staff at Duke, where he was a four-year starter in the mid-1980s. Amaker's wife, Stephanie Pinder-Amaker, is the University of Michigan's associate dean of students. "There were moments of delight and success," Bill Martin said. "But we didn't make the NCAA tournament and that was the goal. To that extent, it was a disappointment
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