BOULDER— The University of Colorado’s regents plan to postpone a vote on whether football coach should get a contract extension and a raise as they await the results of an external investigation into CU’s handling of domestic violence allegations against a former assistant coach.
In early January, the Athletic Department announced that MacIntyre had signed a $16.25 million contract extension through 2021, noting that the deal was subject to approval by the Board of Regents.
The board had planned to take up the contract extension at its regular meeting this week on the Boulder campus, but instead plans to vote on it at some later date, after the regents better understand how top university officials acted upon learning of the allegations against Joe Tumpkin.
“The university is going to engage in some outside consultation on this situation and so we really need to see that investigation run its course before we take any further action on MacIntyre’s contract,” Regent Jack Kroll, a Denver Democrat, told the Daily Camera on Monday.
CU officials have not responded to questions about the nature of the investigation.
The board’s change of plans follows a Sports Illustrated story that revealed that Tumpkin’s ex-girlfriend contacted officials in the CU Athletic Department in early December — weeks before the department first acknowledged the domestic violence allegations publicly.
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