Queens University basketball coach gets benched for first 5 games after DWI charge
The head basketball coach at Queens University is being benched ahead the season’s opening games after being charged with driving while impaired, school officials say.
Coach Grant Leonard “has been suspended for the first 5 games of the upcoming season pending further review by the university and forthcoming legal proceedings.” the school said in a statement Friday.
Grant did not immediately respond to a request for comment by the Charlotte Observer.
“The university and coach Leonard acknowledge the serious nature of this charge and that this behavior is inconsistent with the expectations of the University,” the school said in the statement. “
Officials at the university added it will not make any further comments and will follow our policies as we would for any employee.”
Grant was promoted in the spring as the Royal’s head coach and has been coaching for 18 years, according to his biography on the school’s website.
Over the past seven seasons his coaching record has been 187 wins and 37 loses.
This story was originally published November 4, 2022 at 3:12 PM.
