From Deseret News archives:
Giacoletti resigns: Out after 3 seasons, he'll be paid for 4 more
The 44-year-old Giacoletti is out as Ute coach less than three years after being hired to replace Rick Majerus, who abruptly resigned before the end of the 2004 season.
Although Giacoletti and athletic director Chris Hill both claimed it was Giacoletti's idea to quit, there's no question there was dissatisfaction with his job performance by those above him as well as from Ute boosters and fans. The paid home attendance dipped to a 31-year low of 9,522 and the actual attendance was perhaps half that.
Like everything else he's done since coming to Utah, Giacoletti was all class as he talked about the decision with a throng of media in the Ute team room at the Huntsman Center.
There wasn't an ounce of bitterness in his voice, although he expressed disappointment in not getting the job done after working tirelessly for three years.
Hill had nice things to say about his coach, but said "obviously things weren't going well" for Giacoletti, whose team is 11-17 this year after going 14-15 last year. In his first year, Giacoletti had led the Utes to a 29-6 record and a berth in the NCAA Sweet 16, but in the modern world of college athletics, that's a distant memory.
"I'm not pointing any fingers at anybody," Giacoletti said. "I understand where we're at. I'm a big boy and I had a job to do and we fell short. I'm ultimately responsible and I'm the bottom line."
As for why he made the announcement Friday, the day before today's final regular-season game against BYU and before next week's NCAA Tournament, Giacoletti said, "The timing's never right I wanted to do what's best for this program and for this university. I'm a team player."
Both Hill and Giacoletti did their best to promote the idea that it was all Giacoletti's decision to resign, but the hesitation in some of their answers suggested otherwise.
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