Navy Athletic Director Chet Gladchuk put it plainly: The firing of the winningest football coach in program history did not come down to a double-overtime loss to Army on Saturday, and Ken Niumatalolo was aware his job was in jeopardy.
Gladchuk spoke with reporters Monday and said the move had been under consideration for some time and Niumatalolo failed to meet “very reasonable goals.” As athletic director for 22 years, he said the goals have been to win the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy and win six games to become bowl eligible. That has been the consistent objective for 20 years, Gladchuk said..
“Do I think it affected the BYU game? Yeah, I would agree with that — it did,” Gladchuk said. “From that point forward, however, we had to make adjustments. We had to readdress the way we did business in the short term. But there’s been plenty of time to overcome those obstacles that we had at that time frame and put the ship back on course.
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