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Apparently the recent coaching situation was the last straw. Biller has been fired as of this morning. Ron Williams will be filling the position until a more permanent replacement can be found.

Likely will be a press release later this afternoon.
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I believe I may have, at one point, said that I thought that Biller was involved in the whole Coach Patterson lawsuit thing, but that was incorrect. That happened in the timeframe of September 2009 to August 2010. Biller was hired in May of 2011. Garry Johnson would have been in the position at that point.

Not saying that he didn't make mistakes over the last few years that would warrant being let go, just saying that that specific incident happened before Biller got to the university.
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ST_Lawson wrote:The whole Coach Patterson lawsuit thing ... Garry Johnson would have been in the position at that point ... before Biller got to the university.
True Scott, and that fiasco was a factor in Johnson choosing to retire/forced out, though TVA was the one who leaked the info that gave rise to the successful Patterson lawsuit.

In terms of Biller, thankfully this is baseball, where 3 strikes you're out. 1) unethical hiring of Noel-Levitz when serving as their consultant even though he did relinquish that activity, 2) reactionary expulsion of Courier editor for filming and releasing video on YouTube of fight outside the Union following Black Student Association party, and 3) the FB head coach fiasco of stepping in where he had no business being and ignoring advice of those who report to him. In 2015, Biller also chose to close the One Stop Shop, aka Student and Parent Resource Center, set up in the Union so students didn't have to do the "Sherman Shuffle" and only 8am-12noon and 1pm-4:30pm M-F to complete paperwork, etc., on campus.

Back to Arkansas for Biller. Careful, that door is going to close quickly, so don't let it hit you on the way out. Bye :D
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http://wiu.edu/news/newsrelease.php?release_id=13212

Not even a mention of Biller's name...ouch.
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ST_Lawson wrote:http://wiu.edu/news/newsrelease.php?release_id=13212

Not even a mention of Biller's name...ouch.

This was too nice to Biller. It needed to say he was replacing Biller!
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