Mike Adras (born June 25, 1961) is an American

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coach. He most recently was the head men's

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coach at

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. He was promoted from assistant coach after the 1998–99 season, when

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left for

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. Adras abruptly resigned on December 9, 2011, nine games into the 2011–12 season. A month later, the ''

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'' revealed that during the summer of 2010, an internal investigation by NAU found numerous alleged violations of

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and NAU rules in the basketball program, including evidence that Adras had falsified practice logs. He is now an 8th and 7th grade social studies teacher working at Temecula Middle School.

References

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