Rick Brunson, former Temple star and father of Villanovaâs Jalen Brunson, resigned from his assistant coach position with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday.
The Athletic and ESPN reported that Brunson has been accused of âimproper interactionsâ with women, and that one of the women is a member of the media.
Timberwolves assistant Rick Brunson, who resigned today, was facing allegations of improper interactions with several women while on the job, @TheAthleticMIN has learned. The Athletic has reached out to the Wolves and Brunson for comment.
â Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) May 8, 2018
ESPN Sources: One of the women is a media member. https://t.co/HprdsjCAoR
â Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) May 8, 2018
Brunson, 45, played at Temple in the early 1990s and then spent nine years playing professionally. He entered the coaching ranks in 2007 with the Denver Nuggets and spent time on the staffs of the Chicago Bulls and the Charlotte Bobcats before he joined the Timberwolves in 2016.
In 2014, Brunson was set to join Fran Dunphyâs staff at Temple before he was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and criminal sexual assault. He was acquitted of those charges in 2015.
Jalen Brunson was in the midst of deciding where heâd play in college when the allegations broke. Temple was among his top choices but he opted for Villanova, where he became the consensus national player of the year and a two-time NCAA champion. He decided last month to enter the NBA draft, ending his college eligibility.