Honolulu, HI (SportsNetwork.com) - Hawaii mens basketball coach Gib Arnold has been fired after four seasons, the university announced Tuesday. Assistant coach Brandyn Akana was also fired in a sudden scrubbing atop the mens program that came less than three weeks before Hawaii begins its season in the Rainbow Classic on Nov. 14 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The program has been under investigation by the NCAA for potential rules violations, These painful but critical steps are being taken in an effort to strengthen our athletics program and to do right by our student athletes and students in general, athletic director Ben Jay said in a statement. We appreciate the work of Gib and Brandyn and wish them both the best in the future. Arnold was hired in March 2010 and signed a three-year extension three years ago that was not set to expire until June 30, 2015. The school said he will remain employed through Jan. 26 and will be paid the remainder of his contract in a lump sum. Akana will stay employed through Jan. 26 and is not entitled to any additional compensation. We are committed to setting the best possible examples for our players not only on the field of sports but in life, said university chancellor Robert Bley-Vroman. Jay has my full support in these steps that will strengthen the long-term future of our athletics program and our university. The Rainbow Warriors went 72-55 under Arnold, including 20-11 last season -- their first 20-win season since 2003-04. Arnolds father coached the Warriors from 1985-87. Womens Bears Jerseys . And though his comeback night didnt quite go to script, Bryant couldnt help reflecting on the work necessary to get back on that court -- and all the months of steady labour ahead to reclaim his game. Bryant had nine points and eight rebounds in his season debut, but Amir Johnson scored a career-high 32 points in the trade-depleted Toronto Raptors 106-94 victory over Los Angeles on Sunday night. Wholesale Bears Jerseys . 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The woman, identified as Jane Doe, filed the civil lawsuit Thursday in D.C. Superior Court. The suit says she met Simon at a nightclub and went with him by cab to the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel where, she claims, he forced sex upon her. Adam Katz, Simons agent, said he had no comment when reached by phone Thursday night. A copy of the suit was obtained by WMAR-TV in Baltimore. The 32-year-old Simon played for the Baltimore Orioles for parts of four seasons from 2008 to 2011 before being claimed off waivers by the Reds. "This was a very brutal attack," Steve Kelly, one of the womans lawyers, said Thursday night. "It was very traumatic for her." The lawsuit says that the night of April 27, 2013, the then 27-year-old woman and friends went to a nightclub and were approached by a man claiming to be Simons manager. The man escorted the woman to a table where Simon and another ballplayer were sitting and introduced her, according to the lawsuit. The woman and Simon left about 2:30 a.m. in a cab and rode to the hotel where the Reds were staying, accordiing to the court document, which also alleges the woman was intoxicated and unable to consent to sex.dddddddddddd The suit alleges that Simon started to kiss the woman, but began to get rough with her, pinning her down on her stomach and grabbing her hair. Simon forced the woman to have sex with him, the suit alleges. The woman fled the room, took a cab back to the nightclub and recounted the alleged incident to her roommate, according to the lawsuit. The woman, who was in pain and bleeding, went to a hospital later that morning for sexual assault exam, the suit says. She reported the attack to D.C. police on May 2. Police spokesman Hugh Carew said Thursday night that officers forwarded the report to the U.S. Attorneys Office in Washington. William Miller, public information officer for the U.S. Attorneys Office, said in an email that the office "typically does not confirm or deny investigations and does not comment on grand jury proceedings." Miller also said the office works closely with law enforcers and thoroughly investigates allegations of sexual assault. An initial scheduling conference for the lawsuit is set for July 25. Simon was jailed in the Dominican Republic in 2011 on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. He was acquitted. ' ' '