Sources: Steve Masiello lied on resume
— -- Manhattan coach Steve Masiello never graduated from the University of Kentucky, as indicated on his resume, and his falsifying this information eliminated him from getting the University of South Florida job, multiple sources told ESPN.com on Wednesday.
On the Manhattan and Louisville official websites -- Masiello was an assistant at Louisville from 2005-11 before becoming head coach at Manhattan in 2011 -- it indicated he was a 2000 graduate of Kentucky with a degree in communications.
However, Masiello did not graduate from Kentucky, UK spokeswoman Ashley Caressen told ESPN. Masiello attended UK from the fall of 1996 to the summer of 2000 but never earned his degree, Caressen said.
Caressen said Masiello contacted the UK's registrar office on Tuesday, but she said his conversation with the registrar's office "was confidential."
Jason Charney, Masiello's agent, declined comment Wednesday.
Tuesday morning, ESPN's Jeff Goodman reported Masiello had been offered and verbally accepted a five-year deal worth more than $1 million a year to become USF's coach. However, late Tuesday night, The Tampa Tribune reported USF was forced to kill the deal with Masiello because of a previously undetected background check.
The newspaper reported the contract was believed to be worth more than $1 million per season.
It wasn't clear whether Masiello was eligible to return to Manhattan in the wake of the deal falling through.
Masiello and Manhattan were coming off a close loss to defending national champion Louisville and Rick Pitino in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Masiello, who had a 60-39 record in three seasons at Manhattan, played at Kentucky and had been an assistant to Pitino at Louisville.
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