Bayno steps aside; Good promoted at Marymount
LOS ANGELES -- Bill Bayno resigned as basketball coach of Loyola Marymount on Monday while on an extended health leave and will be replaced by acting coach Max Good.
Bayno, 45, and Good, 66, are former UNLV head coaches.
"Due to medical reasons, and on the advice of my doctors, I am resigning from my duties as head men's basketball coach at Loyola Marymount," Bayno said in a statement issued by the school.
"I sincerely apologize for any disappointment this might cause the fans, the administration, the students and most importantly my players, their families and my coaching staff."
Good coached the past eight seasons at Bryant College before joining Loyola as an assistant to Bayno. Good also coached at UNLV for one season and five seasons at Eastern Kentucky University.
Bayno signed a five-year contract to coach the Lions in April after an eight-year absence from college basketball. He spent the previous five years as an assistant and scout with the Portland Trail Blazers.
Bayno guided UNLV to a 95-65 record and two NCAA Tournament appearances from 1995-2000. He was fired during the 2000-01 season after allegations he broke rules in the recruiting of Lamar Odom in 1996 and 1997, but the NCAA cleared him of wrongdoing. He later filed a wrongful termination suit and received a settlement from UNLV.
