Air Force men’s basketball coach Joe Scott has been suspended indefinitely pending an investigation into the treatment of cadet-athletes. Assistant coach Jon Jordan will serve as interim head coach, and the academy will have no further comment during the investigation. Air Force athletics an nounced the news via press release Saturday morning, hours ahead of a Falcons home game against Nevada. “In response to today’s action, I will fully cooperate with the investigation and look forward to a proper resolution of this matter,” Scott said in a statement issued by the Gazelle Group. “I will not have any further comment until the matter is resolved.” This is Scott’s sixth year of his second stint as Air Force head coach after also coaching from 2001-2004. His first run concluded with the program’s lone Mountain West regular-season championship, after which he departed to lead his alma mater Princeton. Scott has yet to produce a winning season in his second stint, and the team is currently 3-14, with no conference wins. The Falcons have been outscored by an average of 28.3 points per game in six conference losses. Air Force is 46-120 since Scott’s return, including 15-84 in the Mountain West. The tenure has been marred by player transfers, including standouts like Jake Heidbreder and Rytis Petraitis. The current roster includes no seniors. Earlier this season sophomore Kyle Marshall left the team, citing personal reasons.  Scott went 38-45 in three seasons with Princeton. He then led Denver for nine seasons, going 146-132 and leading the Pioneers to the NIT second round in 2012-13. Scott spend two seasons apiece as an assistant at Holy Cross and Georgia following his time at Denver before being hired by Air Force athletic director Nathan Pine – whose time at Holy Cross overlapped with Scott’s – in March 2020. Scott’s contract is not public under Air Force policy. ...read more read less