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Air Force men’s basketball coach Joe Scott has been suspended indefinitely pending an investigation into the treatment of cadet-athletes, the school announced Saturday.
Assistant coach Joe Jordan will take over in the interim. The school said no further information was being released at the time.
Scott, 60, is currently in his second stint in the Air Force. He was head coach from 2000 to 2004, then returned in 2020.
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Air Force Falcons head coach Joe Scott watches the second half against the Nevada Wolf Pack at Clune Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 4, 2025. (Isaiah J. Downing/Imagn Images)
Scott is 97-183 in his 10 seasons as head coach. The Falcons have struggled this season and are 3-14.
In Scott’s 10 seasons as head coach, he only had one winning season, the 2003-04 season, when they had a 22-7 record. They were Mountain West Conference regular season champions and earned an appearance in the overall NCAA tournament.
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Air Force Falcons head coach Joe Scott in the first half against the Colorado State Rams at Clune Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado on February 25, 2025. (Isaiah J. Downing/Imagn Images)
After that season, Scott left to become head coach at Princeton, where he spent three seasons. He went 38-45 during his tenure at the Ivy League school.
After his three seasons at Princeton, Scott served as the head coach at the University of Denver from 2007 to 2016. In nine seasons, Scott went 146-132 with one playoff appearance in the NIT, but was fired with two seasons remaining on his contract.
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Air Force Falcons head coach Joe Scott during the first half against the Boise State Broncos at Clune Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 4, 2025. (Isaiah J. Downing/Imagn Images)
Scott then spent two seasons as an assistant at Holy Cross and two as an assistant at Georgia under Tom Crean before returning to the Air Force. Scott’s career record as a head coach is 281-360.
Jordan’s first game as interim head coach is Saturday at 4 p.m. ET against the Nevada Wolf Pack at home.
