Louisville names Vince Tyra as acting athletic director

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Vince Tyra hopes to add some continuity to an unstable situation, no matter how long — or brief — his time is as Louisville's acting athletic director.

The university foundation board member Tuesday was named the acting replacement for athletic director Tom Jurich, who is on paid administrative leave as the school addresses its involvement in a federal bribery investigation of men's basketball recruits.

University interim President Greg Postel announced Tyra's hiring nearly a week after Postel placed Jurich and basketball coach Rick Pitino on administrative leave following the school's acknowledgement of inclusion in the federal probe .